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Where is Scrabster?

Scrabster is located in the county of Caithness, Scotland, two miles north-west of the town of Thurso, 114 miles north-west of the major city of Aberdeen, 184 miles north of Edinburgh, 493 miles north of Cardiff, and 509 miles north of London. Scrabster falls within the unitary authority of Highland. It is in the KW14 postcode district. The post town for Scrabster is Thurso.

Scrabster on a map

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

Which county is Scrabster in?

Scrabster 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 Scrabster in Caithness?

Scrabster is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Caithness, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Caithness.

Map showing location of Scrabster within Caithness
Location of Scrabster within Caithness

What is the postcode for Scrabster?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Scrabster is KW14 7UP.

Where is Scrabster in KW14?

Scrabster is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the KW14 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the KW14 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scrabster within KW14
Location of Scrabster within KW14

What is the post town for Scrabster?

The post town for Scrabster is Thurso. Scrabster is in the KW14 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Thurso.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scrabster?

The centre of Scrabster is located at position 58.60909° latitude and -3.55335° longitude.

Latitude58.60909°
Longitude-3.55335°

What is the easting and northing of Scrabster?

The centre of Scrabster is located at the grid reference easting 309849 and northing 970060 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting309849
Northing970060

What are the nearest towns to Scrabster?

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

north-west
2m
Scrabster is 2 miles north-west of Thurso
north-west
20m
Scrabster is 20 miles north-west of Wick
south
26m
Scrabster is 26 miles south of Stromness
south-west
33m
Scrabster is 33 miles south-west of Kirkwall
north
53m
Scrabster is 53 miles north of Dornoch
north
58m
Scrabster is 58 miles north of Tain
north
62m
Scrabster is 62 miles north of Lossiemouth
north
63m
Scrabster is 63 miles north of Burghead
north
67m
Scrabster is 67 miles north of Cromarty
north
67m
Scrabster is 67 miles north of Elgin

What are the nearest cities to Scrabster?

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

north
82m
Scrabster is 82 miles north of Inverness
north-west
114m
Scrabster is 114 miles north-west of Aberdeen
north
150m
Scrabster is 150 miles north of Dundee
north
153m
Scrabster is 153 miles north of Perth
north
173m
Scrabster is 173 miles north of Stirling
north
176m
Scrabster is 176 miles north of Dunfermline
north
184m
Scrabster is 184 miles north of Edinburgh
north
192m
Scrabster is 192 miles north of Glasgow
north
258m
Scrabster is 258 miles north of Carlisle
north
262m
Scrabster is 262 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne