Bilbster

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Bilbster
Caithness
Location
Grid reference: ND279530
Location: 58°27’0"N, 3°13’48"W
Data
Post town: Wick
Dialling code: 01955 621
Local Government
Council: Highland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Caithness, Sutherland
and Easter Ross

Bilbster is a rural area in Caithness, situated on the A882 road, which consists of just a handful of houses spread over approximately a square mile. The nearest village is Watten which is approximately two miles to the north-west and the nearest town is the county town, Wick which is five miles to the south-east.

The name of the village is from the Old Norse language.

Bilbster is a farming area. The River Wick, which is a productive salmon river, flows to the north of the settlement. A nearby wind farm was opened in 2008, consisting of three wind turbines that together are capable of generating 3.9 megawatts of electricity.[1]

Bilbster railway station was closed in 1960.

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