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Scrabster

Coordinates: 58°36′35″N 3°33′09″W / 58.609722°N 3.5525°W / 58.609722; -3.5525
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Scrabster
Scrabster Harbour
Scrabster is located in Caithness
Scrabster
Scrabster
Location within the Caithness area
OS grid referenceND099701
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTHURSO
Postcode districtKW14
Dialling code01847
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
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58°36′35″N 3°33′09″W / 58.609722°N 3.5525°W / 58.609722; -3.5525

Scrabster (Scots: Scraibster,[1] Scottish Gaelic: Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal)[2] is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some 1+12 miles (2.4 km) from Thurso, 22+12 miles (36.2 km) from Wick, 112 miles (180 km) from Inverness and 271.7 miles (437.2 km) from Edinburgh. Scrabster Harbour is an important port for the Scottish fishing industry.[3]

During the Second World War, munitions were ferried to Scapa Flow from Scrabster harbour aboard the 40 ft (12.2 m) pilot cutter Mermaid (registered in King's Lynn and built in 1908), skippered by Antony Bridges.[4]

Transport

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The NorthLink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) leaves regularly from Scrabster for Stromness in Orkney. Smyril Line operated a weekly service to the Faroe Islands in the summer months, but this was discontinued in 2008.[5]

The nearest railway line is the Far North Line, connecting Thurso to Inverness.

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Paul Kavanagh. "List of railway station names". Newsnetscotland.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database". Gaelicplacenames.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  3. ^ [1] Archived 23 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Scapa Ferry, Antony Bridges, ISBN 0 09 916960 6, 1957.
  5. ^ "Summer ferry sailings cancelled". BBC News. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  6. ^ "George Bain - 1881–1968". openvirtualworlds.org.
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