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Wick                                                             

Page Updated  29/12/12
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Wick River

Wick & Whisky

Wick is home to Old Pulteney, but doesn't have a Whisky Shop. 
Nearest Shop - JA Mackay, Thurso (21 miles).
Old Pulteney pictures
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Wick
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Wick Bridge
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Pulteney Town
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Hill o' Many Stanes, Mid Clyth
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Wick Harbour
The name is thought to come from the Norse word for bay - vik - many similar examples in the Shetlands - eg Lerwick, Haroldswick). Wick is the end of the rail line from Inverness - Thurso is further North, but trains go there first before reversing to Wick. It is also home to the most Northerly Distillery on the Mainland, Old Pulteney (though that will soon change with the construction of Wolfburn in Thurso). The Distillery's name comes from the district of Pulteneytown, once separate from Wick.
I have a recollection of visiting Wick briefly in 1998, but no photographic record - maybe I'd run out of film in those prehistoric pre-digital days! 
Ebenezer Place, Wick is the shortest street in the world.
Close to Wick - John O'Groats and the less famous but far more spectacular Duncansby Head. 

Arriving & Departing

Open Cycle Map   Bing Map   Sustrans Map (search Wick, Highland)
National Cycle Route 1 avoids Wick, probably because the only route from the South is via the A9/A99 - and is very hilly!  Local cycle routes around here are on road, but this far North even the trunk roads aren't too busy. Wick (WCK) rail station with level access to its one terminal platform, there are 4 trains a day (only one on Sundays) to and from Inverness. Live Train Times. Wick also has an airport.
Ferries to the Orkneys from Gills Bay and John O'Groats.

Sleeping

Gamigoe B&B    Mid Clyth   01593 721402  
no website - link is to ScotlandGuides.org
Stayed in July 2005, having cycled from Tain - had aimed for Wick, but by the time I got to Mid Clyth and saw a B&B...
Very friendly welcome - tea and cakes - after all there was nowhere to buy anything late on a Sunday afternoon.
About 12 miles South of Wick. 
Impala B&B  Broadhaven Road, KW1 4RF   01955 602194/07981 5478108
no website -  link is to Caithness Business Index page
Also stayed here in July 2005, having finally got to Wick. Friendly and reasonably priced.
For other accommodation - see Undiscovered Scotland and the Caithness Business Index  Hotels & Inns and Guest Houses and B&Bs pages.

Eating

The Alexander Bain  Wetherspoon pub. 
Market Place, Wick, KW1 4LP      01955 609920
See the Undiscovered Scotland Eating and Drinking page and the Caithness Business Index. 

Drinking

The Alexander Bain  Wetherspoon pub. 
Market Place, Wick, KW1 4LP      01955 609920

Cycling

The Spot Cycles  5 Francis Street, KW1 5PZ      01955 602698  
(Formerly Yellop Bikes) On my 2005 visit, they repaired a broken spoke for me in a couple of hours.
Caithness Cycle Repairs               07740 341 399 
No shop - mobile repair service - see website for details.
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Old Pulteney Distillery
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