Forsinard
| Forsinard Gaelic: Forsan Àird | |
| Sutherland | |
|---|---|
 Walls on Ben Griam Beg | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NC891430 |
| Location: | 58°21’36"N, 3°54’-0"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Forsinard |
| Postcode: | KW13 |
| Dialling code: | 01641 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Highland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
Forsinard is a hamlet in Sutherland, on the A897 road in Strath Halladale. It is served by a railway station on the Far North Line.
The local hotel closed several years ago, but there is now a B&B just across the level crossing.
Forsinard sits amongst the Flow Country, an area of peat bog which straddles the borders of Caithness and Sutherland. The 33,000 acre Fosinard estate was purchased in 1977 by Basil Baird.[1]
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds runs a nature reserve of 38,054 acres in the Forsinard Flows and a visitor centre at Forsinard. The Forsinard Flows National Nature Reserve attracts a large range of birds and wildlife.[2]
Rail transport
Forsinard Railway Station sits on the picturesque Far North Line, located north of Kinbrace and south of Altnabreac.
The station was opened by the Highland Railway on 28 July 1874. From 1 January 1923 it was owned by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The original two storey station building, which is located on the northbound platform, is used as the RSPB visitor centre.
Outside links
- Forsinard Flows: on RSPB
References
- ↑ Campbell, Alan (20 May 1981). "For Sale at over £700,000… wilderness with possibilities". The Glasgow Herald: p. 9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x7dAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3300%2C3975869. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ↑ "Forsinard Flows". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/forsinard-flows. Retrieved 2019-01-30.