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A882 road

The A882 road

Road

A road is an identifiable Road number, way or Trail between Location . Roads are typically smoothed, Pavement , or otherwise prepared to allow easy travel; though they need not be, and historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or Maintenance, repair and operations....
is entirely within Caithness

Caithness

Caithness is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic Local government in Scotland of Scotland. The name was used also for the Earl of Caithness and the Caithness of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ....
in the Highland

Highland (council area)

The Highland Council areas of Scotland area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole....
area of Scotland

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It has a length of about 23 kilometres (15 miles) and runs generally west/northwest from the A99 in the county town

County town

A county town is the 'capital' of a county in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland. County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county....
of Wick to the A9 in the Georgemas

Georgemas

Georgemas is an area in the county of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, about 8 kilometres south of the town of Thurso and about two kilometres east of the village of Halkirk....
area.

About 12 kilometres (8 miles) from Wick the road passes through the village of Watten

Watten, Highland

Watten is a small village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main road between the county town of Wick, Caithness and the burgh of Thurso, about twelve kilometres west of Wick and close to Wick River and to Loch Watten....
, where it is crossed by the B870.

The A882 is part of the most direct route between Wick and the burgh

Burgh

A Burgh is an Wiktionary:Autonomy corporate entity in Scotland, usually a town. This type of administrative division has existed since the 12th century, when David I of Scotland created the first Royal burghs....
of Thurso

Thurso

Thurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. Historically, the town is one of two burghs within the Counties of Scotland of Caithness....
: 8 kilometres (5 miles) of the A9 complete the route.

Between Wick and Watten the traveller has Wick River

Wick River

Wick River, known also as River Wick, has its source near Achigale Mill at the northern end of Bardarclay Moss in the Flow Country of Caithness in Highland , Scotland....
to the right.

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The A882 road

Road

Caithness

Highland (council area)

Scotland

County town

Georgemas

Watten, Highland

Burgh

Thurso

Wick River

Wick River, known also as River Wick, has its source near Achigale Mill at the northern end of Bardarclay Moss in the Flow Country of Caithness in Highland , Scotland....
to the right. The road crosses the river at Watten. Between Watten and Georgemas Loch Watten

Loch Watten

Loch Watten is a loch in Caithness, Scotland in the River Wick drainage basin. The name is a tautology, consisting of the word "loch" and vatn, a Norse language word meaning the very same, found in such names as "?ingvallavatn" and Myvatn in Iceland, and "R?ssvatnet" and "M?svatn" in Norway....
and Loch Scarmclate are to the right. The traveller who continues to Thurso on the A9 will have the River Thurso

River Thurso

The River Thurso has Loch Rumsdale in Caithness as its source, about 26 kilometres south and 14 kilometres west of the burgh of Thurso, Caithness, and about 2 kilometres south of the railway line linking the burghs of Thurso and Wick, Caithness with Inverness....
to the left.

Towns, villages and junctions

The A882 runs through or near towns and villages listed below. Junctions listed are with other classified roads

Great Britain road numbering scheme

The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a numbering system used to Categorization and identify all roads in Great Britain. Each road is given a single letter, which represents the road's category, and a subsequent number, with a length of between 1 and 4 digits....
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Places and junctions

Ordnance Survey

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Grid references

British national grid reference system

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and other notes

Wick

Wick, Highland

Wick is an estuary town and a former burgh in the north of the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. Historically, it is one of two burghs within the Counties of Scotland of Caithness, of which Wick was the county town....
, A99

John o' Groats

John o' Groats is a village in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. Once a part of the Counties of Scotland of Caithness, John o' Groats is popular with tourists because it is usually regarded as the most northerly settlement of mainland Great Britain....
and (2) generally south/southwest to the A9 at Latheron

Latheron

Latheron is a small village in Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands area of Scotland, centred on the junction of the A9 road with the A99 road . The village is within the Parish of Latheron....
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Bridge of Haster

Watten

Watten, Highland

Westerdale

Westerdale is a village, civil parish and Valley within the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. The Esk Valley Walk runs through part of the village....
, and then generally north to Glengolly.

Georgemas

Georgemas is an area in the county of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, about 8 kilometres south of the town of Thurso and about two kilometres east of the village of Halkirk....
, A9

Thurso

Latheron

Inverness

Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
, Perth

Perth, Scotland

Perth is a town and former royal burgh in central Scotland. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative headquarters of Perth and Kinross council area....
and Falkirk

Falkirk

Falkirk The town lies at the junction of the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal , a location which proved pivotal to the growth of Falkirk as a centre of heavy industry during the Industrial Revolution....
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