📌 Town in Highland
★★★
Once a busy herring port, Wick is one of northern Scotland’s largest towns. Several main roads converge here, so you’re likely to come across it sooner or later if you’re exploring the region. While some parts of the town are far from pretty, this is undeniably a good destination for a rainy day, with a couple of indoor attractions. Whisky lovers will be drawn to one of Scotland’s northernmost mainland distilleries, an easy walk south from the town centre. If history’s your thing (and even if it isn’t), don’t miss the deceptively large museum, tucked down a slightly unlikely side street towards the town’s harbour. Speaking of unlikely streets, Wick is home to the world’s shortest: Ebenezer Place has been officially measured at just 2.06 metres long! There are also two underappreciated local castles nearby, of which one is walkable from the centre.
🌍 Location
📌 Highland
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: ND 363509
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.442275,-3.092639
🚶 The town sprawls but the interesting parts are small enough to explore on foot. A car is useful for Castle Sinclair Girnigoe.
✈️🚆🚌 Wick can be reached by train on the Far North Line from Inverness and Thurso. Infrequent buses also run on a similar route, with others to nearby settlements. There’s a tiny airport.
Explore nearby
<1 mi away
>> Old Pulteney Distillery ★★★
>> Wick Heritage Museum ★★★★
<3 mi away
>> Castle of Old Wick ★★ (1 mi ↓)
>> Castle Sinclair Girnigoe ★★★ (3 mi ↑)
