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Wick Heritage Centre
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Wick Heritage Centre

Wick Heritage Centre is a museum in Wick. 6 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by Ackergil Tower (4.2 km).

Photo: Wick Heritage Centre, Braveheart (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where
In Wick
inside the locality
Warmest months
Aug–Aug
highs of 17–17°C
In brief

Museum in Wick

Inside Wick

Wick Heritage Centre is inside Wick’s locality, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Month by month in Wick

The warmest months in Wick are August, with highs of 17°C.

Jan7° / 1°72 mm
Feb8° / 1°60 mm
Mar9° / 2°54 mm
Apr11° / 3°46 mm
May13° / 5°48 mm
Jun15° / 7°53 mm
Jul17° / 9°60 mm
Aug17° / 10°67 mm
Sep16° / 8°64 mm
Oct13° / 6°89 mm
Nov10° / 4°85 mm
Dec8° / 2°67 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Wick, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Wick. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Wick’s full climate →
About

Wick Heritage Centre

Museum in Wick, Scotland, UK.

In Wick, inside the town’s locality.

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

Practical details

Entrance fees
  • EntryA fee is charged
Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.
The map

Mapping Wick Heritage Centre

The map centres on Wick Heritage Centre, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

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

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Wick Heritage Centre

Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Wick

6,905 people · 7 places to visit

Make a day of it

Places to add to Wick Heritage Centre

There are 6 within 15 km, 3 castles and 3 attractions among them.

1CastleAckergil Tower4.2 km away2Castle · National Trust for ScotlandCastle Sinclair Girnigoe4.4 km away3CastleCastle of Old Wick1.9 km away4AttractionAttractionCaithness SeaCoast tours200 m away5AttractionAttractionPulteney Distillery Visitor Centre600 m away6AttractionAttractionWorld's Shortest Street400 m away

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

Asked about Wick Heritage Centre

Where is Wick Heritage Centre?

Wick Heritage Centre is in Wick, Highland, inside the town’s locality.

What is Wick Heritage Centre?

Museum in Wick, Scotland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Wick Heritage Centre?

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

What else is there to see near Wick Heritage Centre?

Within 15 km: Ackergil Tower (4.2 km), Castle Sinclair Girnigoe (4.4 km), Castle of Old Wick (1.9 km) and Caithness SeaCoast tours (200 m).

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 (4)

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