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Forsinard
Sign in to saveForsinard ( ) is a hamlet in the county of Sutherland in the Highland area of Scotland. It is located on the A897 road in Strath Halladale. It is served by a railway station on the Far North Line. The local hotel closed several years ago, but there is now a B&B just across the level crossing.
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- Kinbrace
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- Alba / Scotland
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- United Kingdom
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Forsinard ( ) is a hamlet in the county of Sutherland in the Highland area of Scotland. It is located on the A897 road in Strath Halladale. It is served by a railway station on the Far North Line. The local hotel closed several years ago, but there is now a B&B just across the level crossing.
Forsinard is situated in the Flow Country, a UNESCO World Heritage Site area of peat bog which straddles the borders of Caithness and Sutherland. The Forsinard estate was purchased in 1977 by Basil Baird. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) runs a nature reserve and a visitor centre at Forsinard. The Forsinard Flows national nature reserve attracts a large range of birds and wildlife.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forsinard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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