📌 Wick, Highland
★★
🛠️ Site closed for masonry work (checked April 2024)
There’s not much to it, but the 12th century Castle of Old Wick – also known as the Old Man of Wick – is one of Scotland’s oldest. Romantically situated on cliffs surrounded by deep coastal inlets, fairly little is known about the castle. This is probably a contributing factor to its lack of visitors, along with the short but beautiful walk along the coast needed to reach it (for which it gains an extra star). The castle’s surroundings are a stunning place on a sunny day, and probably very atmospheric on a wild one.
🌍 Location
📌 On the coast, 2 mi south of Wick town centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: ND 369488
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.423281,-3.081578
🚌 Buses stop at Old Pulteney Distillery or on A99 at Rockhill turnoff (both 1 mi)
🚗 Car park at south end of Wellington Avenue, 🧭 ND 373492 / 🛰️ 58.427031,-3.074631
📝 Key info
⌚ Exterior always viewable
🎫 Free
💬 From the car park it’s a 10-min walk (each way) to the castle, following a rough path south along the coast (⬤ Easy).
