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Where is Hillhead?

Hillhead is located in the county of Caithness, Scotland, 12 miles south-west of the town of Wick, 91 miles north-west of the major city of Aberdeen, 163 miles north of Edinburgh, 472 miles north of Cardiff, and 486 miles north of London. Hillhead falls within the unitary authority of Highland. It is in the KW3 postcode district. The post town for Hillhead is Lybster.

Hillhead on a map

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

Which county is Hillhead in?

Hillhead 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 Hillhead in Caithness?

Hillhead is situated towards the southernmost extremity of Caithness, and towards the easternmost extremity of Caithness.

Map showing location of Hillhead within Caithness
Location of Hillhead within Caithness

What is the postcode for Hillhead?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Hillhead is KW3 6AS.

Where is Hillhead in KW3?

Hillhead is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the KW3 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the KW3 postcode district.

Map showing location of Hillhead within KW3
Location of Hillhead within KW3

What is the post town for Hillhead?

The post town for Hillhead is Lybster. Hillhead is in the KW3 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Lybster.

What is the latitude and longitude of Hillhead?

The centre of Hillhead is located at position 58.3042° latitude and -3.26786° longitude.

Latitude58.3042°
Longitude-3.26786°

What is the easting and northing of Hillhead?

The centre of Hillhead is located at the grid reference easting 325794 and northing 935767 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting325794
Northing935767

What are the nearest towns to Hillhead?

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

south-west
12m
Hillhead is 12 miles south-west of Wick
south-east
22m
Hillhead is 22 miles south-east of Thurso
north
40m
Hillhead is 40 miles north of Lossiemouth
north-east
40m
Hillhead is 40 miles north-east of Dornoch
north
43m
Hillhead is 43 miles north of Burghead
north
44m
Hillhead is 44 miles north of Findochty
north-east
45m
Hillhead is 45 miles north-east of Tain
north
45m
Hillhead is 45 miles north of Buckie
north
45m
Hillhead is 45 miles north of Elgin
north
46m
Hillhead is 46 miles north of Cullen

What are the nearest cities to Hillhead?

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

north-east
67m
Hillhead is 67 miles north-east of Inverness
north-west
91m
Hillhead is 91 miles north-west of Aberdeen
north
128m
Hillhead is 128 miles north of Dundee
north
132m
Hillhead is 132 miles north of Perth
north
154m
Hillhead is 154 miles north of Stirling
north
155m
Hillhead is 155 miles north of Dunfermline
north
163m
Hillhead is 163 miles north of Edinburgh
north
173m
Hillhead is 173 miles north of Glasgow
north
236m
Hillhead is 236 miles north of Carlisle
north
239m
Hillhead is 239 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne