John o' Groats and Duncansby Head
John o' Groats is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. Part of the county of Caithness, while it is not the most northerly settlement on the island of Great Britain, it is the farthest away from Land's End you can get while still remaining in mainland Britain.
The town takes its name from Jan de Groote, a Dutchman who obtained a grant for the ferry from the Scottish mainland to Orkney, local legend has the name John o'Groats comes from the charge of one groat payment for the journey to the islands.
Duncansby Head is the most north-easterly part of mainland Britain and is marked by Duncansby Head Lighthouse, the headland protrudes into the North Sea with the Pentland Firth to the north and west and the Moray Firth to the south.
A single-track road leads from John o' Groats to Duncansby Head, making Duncansby Head the farthest point by road from Land's End.
The Retro Lab's Scottish Adventure was a two thousand mile road trip around Scotland in which we continued our mission to find Britain's (and maybe even the world's) best driving roads, also visiting many castles and other points-of-interest along the way, but it didn't go quite how we had planned....
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John o' groats & Duncansby head to lands end. End to End trail. Britain.
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John o' groats & Duncansby head to lands end. End to End trail. Britain.
Walking John o' groats to lands end in Britain UK though the Countries of Scotland, England, Wales on the end to end trail with 2 backpacks avoiding the roads over the mountains and hills through sinking mud, rivers. wild Camping all the way.
On this hike i walked 2424km and climbed 61208 meters in 26 days 15 hours 10 mintues 14 seconds over 104 days not bad.
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Duncansby Head, John o Groats
The top right hand corner of mainland Britain
North Coast 500 Wick - John O Groats - Duncansby Head
Drive on North Coast 500 from Wick to John O Groats and then Duncansby Head. We drive with our RV on the NC500. It is a Concorde 620XT (3.5t 7.2m long 3.3m high 2.3m wide, 24' long, 11' high and 7'8 wide).
Duncansby Head (near John o' Groats), Scotland, 14th June 2016
Duncansby Head (near John o' Groats), Scotland, 14th June 2016
North Coast 500: Duncansby Head, John O'Groats and Dunnet Head || Scotland Campervan Trip - Day 8
In July 2018, I spent 28 days travelling Scotland solo in a rented VW Caddy camper van. On Day 8, I explored lighthouses, played tourist in John O'Groats, spotted puffins and of course spent some quality time with sheep.
A walk from John o' Groats to Duncansby Head
This walk from John o' Groats to Duncansby Head takes around 3 hours to complete the 5-mile coastal path and it offers some of the best views in north Scotland.
Duncansby Head is actually the true northern-most point of the British mainland (not John o' Groats) and it's worth visiting to see the Duncansby sea stacks - three enormous rock outcrops jutting out of the sea.
Along the way you'll pass Duncasby lighthouse which is the most northern mainland lighthouse in the UK.
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[GB] Britain's Northernmost Road: Dunnet Head to John o' Groats
Driving from Dunnet Head, the most northerly point in Great Britain, on the B855 road, and then on the A836 and the A99 to John o' Groats.
Duncansby Head
Short video of the famous sea stacks at Duncansby Head near John O' Groats and an even shorter video of Dunnet Head, the most northerly point on the UK mainland.
Wick to Thurso via John O`Groats by Bus Scotland 2015
THURSO SCOTLAND April, 2015. A scenic bus ride from Wick to Thurso via John O`Groats
John o' Groats - FULL VIDEO TOUR (Scotland, UK)
We decided to drive up to John o' Groats! It's the furthest north place you can visit when driving within the UK. There isn't a whole lot to do there, but there is a cool lighthouse to mark the lands end. You can also use this opporunity to walk the glen! lol. A couple of miles drive, you can see the second half of the video. This is John o' Groats town center. There is a place to sign your name if you're an 'End to Ender' (Running or more typically cycling from Land's End to John o' Groats). There is a gift shop and also a place to eat. It's a really nice drive, highly recommended!! Unfortunately, I receive a lovely speeding ticket from the local police, bunch of nice guys!
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John o' Groats (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh Iain Ghròt) is a village 2.5 miles (4 km) NE of the village of Canisbay, Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. John o' Groats lies on Great Britain's northeastern tip, and is popular with tourists as one end of the longest distance between two inhabited British points on the mainland, with Land's End in Cornwall lying 876 miles (1,410 km) to the southwest. It is not the most northerly point on the island of Britain (nearby Dunnet Head is farther north).
John o' Groats is 690 miles (1,110 km) from London, 280 miles (450 km) from Edinburgh, 6 miles (9.7 km) from the Orkney Isles and 2,200 miles (3,500 km) from the North Pole. It is 4.25 miles (6.84 km) from the uninhabited island of Stroma.
A passenger ferry operates from John o' Groats to Burwick on South Ronaldsay in Orkney.
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Land's End to John o' Groats is the traversal of the whole length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities, in the southwest and northeast. The traditional distance by road is 874 miles (1,407 km) and takes most cyclists 10 to 14 days; the record for running the route is nine days. Off-road walkers typically walk about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) and take two or three months for the expedition. Two much-photographed signposts indicate the traditional distance at each end.
Land's End is the traditionally acknowledged extreme southern point of mainland England. It is in western Cornwall at the end of the Penwith peninsula. The O.S. Grid Reference of the road end is SW342250, Post Code TR19 7AA. In fact it, or strictly speaking Dr Syntax's Head, SW341253, a few hundred yards NW of the road end, is mainland England's most westerly point. The most southerly point is Lizard Point, about 9 miles (14 km) further south. Land's End is sometimes reckoned incorrectly as mainland England's most southwesterly point. This accolade belongs to Gwennap Head, SW365215, which is at least 2 miles (3.2 km) further south than Dr Syntax's Head but only about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) less west.
John o' Groats is the traditionally acknowledged extreme northern point of mainland Scotland, in northeastern Caithness, O.S. Grid Reference ND380735, Post Code KW1 4YR. The actual northernmost point is Dunnet Head about 2 miles (3 km) further north. The point that is farthest by road from Land's End is Duncansby Head, about 2 miles (3 km) east of John o' Groats. Duncansby Head is also the most northeasterly point of the Scottish mainland.The straight-line distance from Land's End to John o' Groats is 603 miles (970 km) as determined from O.S. Grid References, but such a route passes over a series of stretches of water in the Irish Sea. Google Earth reports a distance of 602.70 miles between the two iconic marker points.
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Duncansby Head, Scotland
The wonderful nature, geology and wildlife of Duncansby Head, Scotland.
Duncansby Head, north east of Scotland, is the furthest point by road from Land's End, the extreme point south-west of Britain, in Cornwall.
A little further across the clifftop fields, the stunning view south to Thirle Door and the Stacks of Duncansby: the first is a rocky arch, the second a group of large jagged sea stacks. The Great Stack is over 60 m high.
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Scotland - John O' Groats on 4 May 2015
1514 - Just 11 miles from Dunnet Head, the mostly northerly point of mainland Britain, the small coastal village of John o’ Groats is the starting point for many embarking on the famous 'End to End' journey to Land's End in England, some 876 miles away.
Touring Scotland ~ Duncansby Head
In this video we arrive at John O'Groats and take a walk to the stacks at Duncansby Head
John O'Groats Trail - Whaligoe to Wick
Running a part of the newly formed John O'Groats Trail from Whaligoe Steps to Wick.
Places to see in ( Wick - UK )
Places to see in ( Wick - UK )
Wick is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay. Pulteneytown, which was developed on the south side of the river by the British Fisheries Society during the 19th century, was officially merged into the burgh in 1902.
The town is on the main highway (the A99–A9 road) linking John o' Groats with southern Britain. The Far North railway line links Wick railway station with southern Scotland and with Thurso, the other burgh of Caithness. Wick Airport is on Wick's northern outskirts. The airport has two usable runways. A third is derelict.
The main offices of The John O'Groat Journal and The Caithness Courier are located in Wick, as are Caithness General Hospital (run by NHS Highland), the Wick Carnegie Library and local offices of the Highland Council. Wick Sheriff Court is one of 16 sheriff courts serving the sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands.
The town lies on the estuary of the Wick River, spanned by two road bridges. The Harbour Bridge spans the river at its mouth, to link Wick town centre with Wick Harbour and Pulteneytown. It stands instead of the earlier Service Bridge. Further upstream the Bridge of Wick carries the main road linking John o' Groats with Latheron and Inverness (the A99-A9).
Pulteney town is now an area of Wick on the south side of the River Wick. Until 1902 Pulteney town was administered separately from the Royal Burgh of Wick. Pulteney town takes its name from Sir William Pulteney, a governor of the British Fisheries Society, who also commissioned Robert Adam to build the Pulteney Bridge in Bath. In the early years of the 19th century Sir William commissioned Britain's leading civil engineer, Thomas Telford, to design and supervise the creation of a major new herring fishing town and harbour at the estuary of the River Wick.
Wick Bay is an isosceles triangle with the river mouth as its apex, and the points of South Head and North Head, separated by about one kilometre,as the base of the triangle. Beyond the heads lies the North Sea. Pentland Firth line about 11 kilometres north of North Head.
There are three harbours in Wick, the Outer Harbour, the Inner Harbour, and the River Harbour, all of which are formed and protected by breakwaters. The Outer and Inner Harbours are on the south side of the estuary, divided from the River Harbour by a breakwater. The River Harbour straddles the river, with breakwaters on either side of an entrance about 30m wide.
Wick castle is thought to have been his stronghold on the mainland of Britain. There is evidence that the site was occupied before the present castle was built. Wick Heritage Museum is in Bank Row, Pulteneytown. The museum is run by the Wick Society, with a strong focus on the herring-boom era of Wick's history. The herring trade relied on the export of cured herring to the Continent (in particular, Stettin and St Petersburg) and languished after the First World War.
The Wick Carnegie Library is now run by the Highland Council. As well as providing a general library service the library preserves valuable books and other documents about Wick and Caithness and their histories. Also it preserves a crocodile (Gavialis gangeticus) presented by Sir Arthur Bignold in 1909.
( Wick - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Wick . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Wick - UK
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John O' Groats Northern Scotland
In northern Scotland at the most northern point of the United Kingdom’s main island. Out having a great time enjoying each other’s company and discussing the future and the development of the business. To think all this came from an idea.
Anglotopia Podcast: Episode 4 - Land's End to John O'Groats - Scotland
And finally, we get to the Scotland episode! In this episode of the Anglotopia Podcast, we resume talking about our Grand Adventure from last year. This episode is mostly about our visit to Scotland. We fell in love with the place and can't wait to go back. This concludes the series talking about the trip - next week we'll begin talking about more topical British related stuff!
Scotland // John O'Groats
Trip up to John O'Groats & Duncansby Head in Caithness in the Highlands of Scotland. Great wee stop off point and walk from the North Coast 500.
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Duncansby Head & sea stacks, John 0'Groats - Freswick Bay
This coastline is superb. Sea Stacks, arches, tunnels, Orca whales, seals & seabirds...