Watten
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 Watten Parish Church | |
  Watten Location within the Caithness area | |
| OS grid reference | ND242544 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wick |
| Postcode district | KW1 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
Watten (Scottish Gaelic: Bhatan) is a small village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main road (A882-A9) between the burgh of Wick and the town of Thurso,[1] about twelve kilometres (eight miles) west of Wick and close to Wick River and to Loch Watten. The village is on The Far North railway line but trains stopped calling at the village in 1960. The railway station is now a private house.
The village is within the parish of Watten, which has the parish of Bower to the north, that of Wick to the east, that of Latheron to the south and that of Halkirk to the west.
Loch Watten is the largest body of water in Caithness. The name of the village and loch appear to come from the Old Norse Vatn, meaning water or lake,[2] and the loch is famous for its brown trout fishing. [citation needed] The local public house is also named "The Brown Trout" after the local produce.
- ^ "Scothighlands - Drive from Thurso to Wick, Scotland". www.scothighlands.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ Horne, John (1907). The County of Caithness. Wick: W. Rae. p. 43. Retrieved 6 June 2020.