Sandwood
in Highland of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Stornoway Airport (50 mi) - Dornoch Airport (59 mi)
- Wick Airport (71 mi)
- Flotta Isle Airport (72 mi)
- Inverness Airport (77 mi)
- RAF Kinloss (81 mi)
- RAF Lossiemouth (84 mi)
- Skye Bridge Ashaig Airport (92 mi)
- Edinburgh Airport (188 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 58.517 and -5.067 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 58° 31' 0" and W -5° 4' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 09:15 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 4:43 am and 9:49 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -46.483 and 169.700 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pounawea - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-05-18 08:26:29
Discover Sandwood
Sandwood in Highland (Scotland) is a city in United Kingdom about 522 mi (or 840 km) north of London, the country's capital city.
Local time in Sandwood is now 09:15 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports in the vicinity of Sandwood, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Stornoway Airport in a distance of 50 mi (or 81 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Highland, Inverness, Stornoway, Elgin and Kirkwall. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 57 °F
| Morning Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 79% |
| Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 87% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
13°C (55 °F)
9°C (48 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 20th of May 2024
13°C (55 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Scattered clouds, gentle breeze.
Tuesday, 21st of May 2024
14°C (57 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Videos from this area
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Ramsay Dyce 2001 Isle of Man 2
Round Cape Wrath to Kinlochbervie.
Kearvaig Beach Cape Wrath Sutherland Scotland
Old Tour Scotland video of a windy day visit to Kearvaig Beach, Cape Wrath, Sutherland.
Sandwood Bay Sutherland Scotland
Tour Scotland wee video of photographs of Sandwood Bay on visit to Sutherland on the North West coast of the Scottish Highlands. This area is best known for its mile long beach and Am Buachaille,...
sandwood beach
Sutherland.
Walk 19
5th August 2007 - Sandwood Bay.
Kinlochbervie to Eddrachillis Bay
Flying along Loch Inchard to Kinlochbervie, then to Loch Laxford, with Ben Stack behind,, and on to Eddrachillis Bay.
Sandwood Bay Aerial Views Scotland,Assynt
Lovely area of Sutherland and assynt.
Bikepacking Bothy adventure, Cape Wrath, Scotland
Amazing Bikepacking trip on the Cape Wrath peninsular in the North West Highlands of Scotland. We stayed at the beautiful Kearvaig Bothy with our own world ...
Sandwood Bay, Lairg, Scotland.
A short selection of drone video shots I captured during our visit to Sandwood Bay in April 2019. What a stunningly beautiful place, I can highly recommend the ...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Am Buachaille
Am Buachaille is a sea stack, or vertical rock formation composed of Torridonian Sandstone, near Sandwood Bay in the Scottish county of Sutherland at grid reference NC206655. It was first climbed in 1968 by the mountaineers Tom Patey and Ian Clough. The name means "The herdsman" in Scottish Gaelic.
HMS Bullen (K469)
HMS Bullen was a Buckley class Captain class frigate during World War II. Named after Captain Charles Bullen of HMS Britannia at the battle of Trafalgar. The Commanding Officer was Lt Cdr A.H. Parrish RN.
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