Thrumster, Caithness
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Thrumster is a crofting township on the main A99 road between Wick and Inverness. It is the nearest village to Wick. The transmission mast used to broadcast BBC television and radio signals to Caithness was located here until 1960.
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Thrumster | |
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Location within the Caithness area | |
OS grid reference | ND340450 |
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Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Thrumster |
Postcode district | KW1 5 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
58.3888°N 3.12993°W / 58.3888; -3.12993 |
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The village had a railway station until trains stopped running on the Wick and Lybster Railway in 1944. The station has been preserved. Around 500 m (550 yd) south is Thrumster Parish Church, part of the Church of Scotland charge of Pulteneytown and Thrumster.
The township of Sarclet is situated 1⁄2 mile (800 m) to the southeast.