Thrumster, Caithness

Thrumster
Thrumster Thrumster shown within the Caithness area
OS grid reference	ND340450
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Caithness
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thrumster
Postcode district	KW1 5
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
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Coordinates: 58°23′20″N 3°07′48″W / 58.3888°N 3.12993°W / 58.3888; -3.12993

Thrumster railway station

Thrumster is a remote 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 until 1960.

The village had a railway station until trains stopped running on the Wick and Lybster Railway in 1944. The station has been preserved. 0.3 mile south is Thrumster Parish Church, part of the Church of Scotland charge of Pulteneytown and Thrumster.

The township of Sarclet is situated 0.5 miles to the southeast.

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