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Visit Wick and the surrounding villages and stay in bed & breakfast accommodation:

Wick, Highland. It is fitting that the county town of Caithness should bear a name derived from the Norse (“vic” meaning a bay), for Wick, which is also a royal and municipal burgh, must have been an important seaport for the marauding Vikings with their eyes on the flat arable land that enriches the North coast. It has grown round the sweep of Wick Bay, where Wick river reaches the sea, and two fine harbours were built to accommodate the once prosperous herring fishing and curing industries, which have declined sadly since 1914. One harbour, and the part of the town known as Pultneytown lying to the South of the river, were founded early in the 19^th century by the British Fisheries Society, and built to the plan of Thomas Telford. The harbour was later improved by Thomas Stevenson, but is still accessible only to large steamers at high tide. The part lying to the North is known as Louisburgh. There are coastguard and lifeboat stations. The harbour is a never-ending source of interest for visitors of all ages.

As well as railway links with the South, Wick has an airport 2 miles to the North East, with regular flights to and from Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Inverness, Kirkwall, and Lerwick. The holiday visitor should find plenty to do — there is a golf course, swimming-pool, tennis courts, and loch and river fishing. In addition there is a wealth of cliff and rock scenery along the coastline, with the ruins of the 14^th century Castle Oliphant, or Castle of Old Wick, known to seamen as the “Auld Man o' Wick”, lying 1 mile South East Some 3 miles North East up the coast stands the lighthouse of Noss Head, looking over the sandy shores of Sinclair Bay to the spectacular ruins of the Castles of Girnigoe and Sinclair; this last was the residence of the earls of Caithness. In Girnigoe Castle the 4^th Earl, George, imprisoned his son John for seven years, after he had been accused of plotting his father's death, and until the unfortunate man died of “famine and vermine”. At Keiss, farther round Sinclair Bay and standing near the modem castle, are the ruins of Bucholly Castle, which, according to tradition, was once held by that celebrated Norseman, Sweyn Asleifson.

Nearby islands: Hoy, Orkney

Nearby towns: Thurso

Nearby villages: Helmsdale, John o' Groats

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• a Wick self-catering establishment, or
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Accommodation in Wick:

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