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Where is Whaligoe?

Whaligoe is located in the county of Caithness, Scotland, seven miles south-west of the town of Wick, 92 miles north-west of the major city of Aberdeen, 166 miles north of Edinburgh, 475 miles north of Cardiff, and 488 miles north of London. Whaligoe falls within the unitary authority of Highland. It is in the KW2 postcode district. The post town for Whaligoe is Lybster.

Whaligoe on a map

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

Which county is Whaligoe in?

Whaligoe 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 Whaligoe in Caithness?

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

Map showing location of Whaligoe within Caithness
Location of Whaligoe within Caithness

What is the postcode for Whaligoe?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Whaligoe is KW2 6AA.

Where is Whaligoe in KW2?

Whaligoe is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the KW2 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the KW2 postcode district.

Map showing location of Whaligoe within KW2
Location of Whaligoe within KW2

What is the post town for Whaligoe?

The post town for Whaligoe is Lybster. Whaligoe is in the KW2 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Lybster.

What is the latitude and longitude of Whaligoe?

The centre of Whaligoe is located at position 58.35035° latitude and -3.16548° longitude.

Latitude58.35035°
Longitude-3.16548°

What is the easting and northing of Whaligoe?

The centre of Whaligoe is located at the grid reference easting 331883 and northing 940798 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting331883
Northing940798

What are the nearest towns to Whaligoe?

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

south-west
7m
Whaligoe is 7 miles south-west of Wick
south-east
21m
Whaligoe is 21 miles south-east of Thurso
south
43m
Whaligoe is 43 miles south of Stromness
north
44m
Whaligoe is 44 miles north of Lossiemouth
south
44m
Whaligoe is 44 miles south of Kirkwall
north-east
45m
Whaligoe is 45 miles north-east of Dornoch
north
46m
Whaligoe is 46 miles north of Findochty
north
46m
Whaligoe is 46 miles north of Burghead
north
47m
Whaligoe is 47 miles north of Buckie
north
47m
Whaligoe is 47 miles north of Cullen

What are the nearest cities to Whaligoe?

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

north-east
72m
Whaligoe is 72 miles north-east of Inverness
north-west
92m
Whaligoe is 92 miles north-west of Aberdeen
north
131m
Whaligoe is 131 miles north of Dundee
north
136m
Whaligoe is 136 miles north of Perth
north
157m
Whaligoe is 157 miles north of Stirling
north
158m
Whaligoe is 158 miles north of Dunfermline
north
166m
Whaligoe is 166 miles north of Edinburgh
north
177m
Whaligoe is 177 miles north of Glasgow
north
239m
Whaligoe is 239 miles north of Carlisle
north
241m
Whaligoe is 241 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne