Georgemas

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Georgemas

Georgemas is an area in the county

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
of 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...
, about 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of the town

Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
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....
and about two kilometres (one mile) east of the village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
of Halkirk

Halkirk

Halkirk is a village on the River Thurso in Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. From Halkirk the B874 road runs towards Thurso in the north and towards Georgemas in the east....
.

The area is served also by the A9, A882

A882 road

The A882 road is entirely within Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. It has a length of about 23 kilometres and runs generally west/northwest from the A99 road in the county town of Wick, Caithness to the A9 road in the Georgemas area....
and B874 roads. The A9 has a junction with the A882 in the area and forms a crossroads

Crossroads (culture)

A crossroads is a road junction, where two or more roads meet . Crossroads is also an alternate name for a Hamlet located at such a junction....
with the B874.

The name Georgemas is that of a now historic St George's Day

St George's Day

St George's Day is celebrated by several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities, of which Saint George is the patron saint, including England, the old kingdoms and counties of the Crown of Aragon in Spain - Aragon, Catalonia and Valencian Community; Portugal, Georgia , Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, and...
agricultural fair

Fair

A fair is a gathering of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment....
which was held in the area, on Sordale Hill.

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Georgemas is an area in the county

County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
of Caithness

Caithness

Highland (council area)

Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, about 8 kilometres (5 miles) south of the town

Town

Thurso

Village

Halkirk

A882 road

Crossroads (culture)

St George's Day

Fair

Rail transport

Georgemas has no real town or village centre of its own but it does have an unstaffed railway station called Georgemas Junction

Georgemas Junction railway station

Georgemas Junction railway station is a railway station serving the village of Halkirk, Highland and its surrounding areas in the Highland Council areas of Scotland, northern Scotland....
. The station is on the picturesque Far North Line

Far North Line

The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick, Highland....
and is the junction for the Wick

Wick

Wick may refer to:...
and Thurso

Thurso

Scotscalder railway station

Scotscalder railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Scotscalder, Olrigmore, Calder, Westerdale and outlying areas. The area falls into the Highland Council areas of Scotland, in the north of Scotland....
, west of Wick

Wick railway station

Wick railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wick, Highland, in the Highland Council areas of Scotland in the north of Scotland....
and south of Thurso

Thurso railway station

Thurso railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thurso, Highland, in the Highland Council areas of Scotland, in the north of Scotland....
. The station is managed by First ScotRail

First ScotRail

First ScotRail is the FirstGroup train operating company running domestic passenger trains within Scotland and the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London....
.

External links

Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey

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grid reference
British national grid reference system

The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude and longitude....
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For Georgemas Junction:
For A9-A882 junction:
For Sordale Hill: