Thurso
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Thurso (pronounced ; , ) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical County of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the island of Great Britain. From a latitudinal standpoint, Thurso is located more than north of London and further north than the southernmost point of Norway.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.official_name
- Thurso
- UK place.static_image_name
- Thurso from the hill at Mountpleasant - geograph.org.uk - 8869.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Thurso viewed from Mountpleasant
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Inbhir Theòrsa
- UK place.scots_name
- Thursa
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ND115685
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Caithness
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
- UK place.post_town
- Thurso
- UK place.postcode_district
- KW14
- UK place.postcode_area
- KW
- UK place.dial_code
- 01847
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 508
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 7610
- Area
- 4.82
- Image
- Thurso from the hill at Mountpleasant - geograph.org.uk - 8869.jpg
- Dialing code
- 1847
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- OS grid reference
- ND115685
- postal code
- KW14
- Commons category
- Thurso
- P12749
- Carl Sigismund Kunth
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Thurso (pronounced ; , ) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical County of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the island of Great Britain. From a latitudinal standpoint, Thurso is located more than north of London and further north than the southernmost point of Norway.
It lies at the junction of the north–south A9 road and the west–east A836 road, connected to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the east. The River Thurso flows through the town and into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth. The river estuary serves as a small harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The population of the larger Thurso civil parish including the town and the surrounding countryside was estimated to be 12,057 in 2021.
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