Castletown, Highland

Castletown Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chaisteil
Olrig Parish Church, Castletown
Castletown
Location within the Caithness area
Population	810
OS grid reference	ND196678
Civil parish	Olrig
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Caithness
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	THURSO
Postcode district	KW14
Dialling code	01847 821
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
List of places UK Scotland 58°35′N 3°23′W / 58.59°N 3.38°W / 58.59; -3.38

Castletown (Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Chaisteil) is a village on the north coast of Caithness. It is in the Highland council area of Scotland.

Castletown is on the A836 main road between John of Groats and Tongue via Thurso. It is 5 miles east of Thurso.^[1][2][3] In 2020 Castletown had a population of 810.^[4]

References

1. "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
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3. "Castletown · Thurso, UK". Castletown · Thurso, UK. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
4. Team, National Records of Scotland Web (2013-05-31). "National Records of Scotland". National Records of Scotland. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-09-09.