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North Coast Visitor Centre
Museum · Thurso · Highland

North Coast Visitor Centre

North Coast Visitor Centre is a local museum in Thurso, Caithness. Nearby, Wolfburn Distillery (1.9 km) is the only other place within 15 km.

Photo: North Coast Visitor Centre, Mainlymazza (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
In Thurso
inside the locality
Warmest months
Jul–Aug
highs of 17–17°C
In brief

Museum in Thurso

Inside Thurso

North Coast Visitor Centre is inside Thurso’s locality, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons in Thurso

Highs in Thurso reach 17°C in July and August.

Jan7° / 1°103 mm
Feb7° / 1°87 mm
Mar9° / 2°74 mm
Apr11° / 3°60 mm
May13° / 5°56 mm
Jun15° / 8°63 mm
Jul17° / 10°69 mm
Aug17° / 10°67 mm
Sep15° / 8°87 mm
Oct12° / 6°120 mm
Nov9° / 3°106 mm
Dec7° / 1°96 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Thurso, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Thurso. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Thurso’s full climate →
About

North Coast Visitor Centre

Local museum in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.

In Thurso, inside the town’s locality.

Type
Museum
Town
in Thurso
Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).
Plan your visit

Address and hours

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

The area around North Coast Visitor Centre

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; North Coast Visitor Centre is the orange one.

1

© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Thurso’s locality. · NRS locality 2022

Towns near it

Towns around North Coast Visitor Centre, by distance

These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Thurso

7,419 people · 2 places to visit

Make a day of it

More near North Coast Visitor Centre

Close by is an attraction.

1AttractionAttractionWolfburn Distillery1.9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting North Coast Visitor Centre

Where is North Coast Visitor Centre?

North Coast Visitor Centre is in Thurso, Highland, inside the town’s locality.

What is North Coast Visitor Centre?

Local museum in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.

When is the best time to visit North Coast Visitor Centre?

July and August are the warmest months in Thurso, with afternoon highs of 17–17°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near North Coast Visitor Centre?

Within 15 km: Wolfburn Distillery (1.9 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.