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Where is Gills?

Gills is located in the county of Caithness, Scotland, 13 miles east of the town of Thurso, 110 miles north of the major city of Aberdeen, 185 miles north of Edinburgh, 495 miles north of Cardiff, and 507 miles north of London. Gills falls within the unitary authority of Highland. It is in the KW1 postcode district. The post town for Gills is Wick.

Gills on a map

Map showing extent of Gills as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Gills
Map showing location of Gills within the UK
Location of Gills within the UK

Which county is Gills in?

Gills is in the ceremonial county of Caithness, the historic county of Caithness, and the administrative county of Highland.

Ceremonial CountyCaithness
Historic CountyCaithness
Administrative CountyHighland

Where is Gills in Caithness?

Gills is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Caithness, and towards the easternmost extremity of Caithness.

Map showing location of Gills within Caithness
Location of Gills within Caithness

Where is Gills in KW1?

Gills is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the KW1 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the KW1 postcode district.

Map showing location of Gills within KW1
Location of Gills within KW1

What is the post town for Gills?

The post town for Gills is Wick. Gills is in the KW1 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Wick.

What is the latitude and longitude of Gills?

The centre of Gills is located at position 58.63401° latitude and -3.1744° longitude.

Latitude58.63401°
Longitude-3.1744°

What is the easting and northing of Gills?

The centre of Gills is located at the grid reference easting 331913 and northing 972387 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting331913
Northing972387

What are the nearest towns to Gills?

Position of Gills relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Gills to the centre of the town.

east
13m
Gills is 13 miles east of Thurso
north
14m
Gills is 14 miles north of Wick
south
23m
Gills is 23 miles south of Stromness
south
25m
Gills is 25 miles south of Kirkwall
north-east
61m
Gills is 61 miles north-east of Dornoch
north
63m
Gills is 63 miles north of Lossiemouth
north-east
65m
Gills is 65 miles north-east of Tain
north
66m
Gills is 66 miles north of Findochty
north
66m
Gills is 66 miles north of Burghead
north
67m
Gills is 67 miles north of Cullen

What are the nearest cities to Gills?

Position of Gills relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Gills to the centre of the city.

north-east
89m
Gills is 89 miles north-east of Inverness
north
110m
Gills is 110 miles north of Aberdeen
north
151m
Gills is 151 miles north of Dundee
north
155m
Gills is 155 miles north of Perth
north
177m
Gills is 177 miles north of Stirling
north
178m
Gills is 178 miles north of Dunfermline
north
185m
Gills is 185 miles north of Edinburgh
north
196m
Gills is 196 miles north of Glasgow
north
259m
Gills is 259 miles north of Carlisle
north
260m
Gills is 260 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne