Loch Calder

#4978 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Loch Calder is a lowland freshwater loch lying approximately 5 mi south west of Thurso in the Scottish Highlands. The loch is large with an irregular shape and has perimeter of 12.8 km. It is approximately 2.33 mi long, has an average depth of 21 ft and is 85 ft at its deepest. The loch was surveyed on 6 October 1902 by John Parsons and T.R.H. Garrett and later charted as part of Sir John Murray's Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909. ()

Alternative names: Length: 5 miWidth: 5280 ftMaximum depth: 85 ftElevation: 213 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 58°31'12"N, 3°35'39"W

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Loch Calder – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Old St Peter's Church, Thurso Castle, Ca na Catanach, Braal Castle.

6 miNE
Historical place, Ruins, Church
Old St Peter's Church, Thurso
153 min walk • Old St Peter's Church is a ruined parish church on Wilson Lane, in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. Dedicated to Saint Peter, it dates to at least 1125, and at one time was the principal church for the county, administered by the Bishops of Caithness.
6.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Thurso Castle, Thurso
161 min walk • Thurso Castle is a ruined 19th-century castle, located in Thurso, Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands. Situated in Thurso East, off Castletown Road, east of the River Thurso, the site can be seen from across the river.
3.6 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Ca na Catanach
92 min walk • Ca na Catanach is a road and footpath between Sutherland and Caithness through the moorland in the northeastern Scottish Highlands. Noted as a post-medieval drovers' road in the Highland Historic Environment Record, it is also a 22-mile Heritage Path. Its start point is at Dorrery Lodge and it ends just north of Achentoul.
4 miE
Forts and castles
Braal Castle
104 min walk • Braal Castle is located by the River Thurso north of the village of Halkirk, in Caithness, northern Scotland. The ruined castle, which dates back to the mid-14th century, was originally known as the Castle of Brathwell.
5.9 miN
Forts and castles
Scrabster Castle, Thurso
152 min walk • Scrabster Castle was a castle, near Burnside, about 0.5 miles north and west of Thurso, and 0.5 miles south of the village of Scrabster, Highland in Scotland, south of Thurso Bay. It is on an eroding promontory.
3.9 miE
Church
Halkirk Auld Kirk, Halkirk
100 min walk • Halkirk Auld Kirk is a former parish church in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland. Built in 1753, it stopped being used in 1934 and is now a ruin. Halkirk parish was formed at the time of the Reformation by the union of the Halkirk and Skinnet districts. The "Halkirk Village Old Parish Church And Burial Ground" is a category B listed building.
3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Shurrery
86 min walk • Loch Shurrery is a small, shallow, lowland freshwater loch lying approximately 8 mi south west of Thurso in the Scottish Highlands. The loch has a somewhat elliptical shape with a perimeter of 7.4 km. It is approximately 1.25 mi long, has an average depth of 4.5 ft and is 7 ft at its deepest.
6.2 miNE
Surfing
Thurso East, Thurso
160 min walk • Thurso East is a coastline section of the Atlantic 0.5 miles east of Thurso, Caithness, northern Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the River Thurso, overlooked by the remains of Thurso Castle. The reef is made of layers of Caithness flagstone. It is Scotland's prime surfing venue on the north coast.
5.7 miNE
Church
St Peter's and St Andrew's Church, Thurso
146 min walk • St Peter's and St Andrew's Church is located on Princes Street in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland. The church was built to a design of William Burn in 1830–2, a simplified version of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh, which is also attributed to Burn.
5 miNE
Universities and schools
North Highland College, Scrabster
128 min walk • North Highland College provides further education and higher education in the north of Scotland through a network of learning centres and by distance learning. It is a constituent college of the University of the Highlands and Islands.