Hotels in Wick
Wick, which was for nearly 500 years the administrative centre of Caithness, lies on the east coast of northern Scotland, some 15 miles south of Duncansby Head. The name comes from the Norse for Bay and it was the Vikings who first used the mouth of the River Wick where it flows into Wick Bay as a harbour for their longships and trading vessels.
Wick today still has the feel of a town that revolves around its harbour and its seafaring traditions, almost like an Aberdeen in miniature. The irony is that for much of its life, most of Wick's trade and fishing took place via the tiny hamlets of Papigoe and Staxigoe and their better sheltered but much smaller harbours just along the coast to the north east.
This started to change when Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster built a quay at Wick in 1768 in order to omote the town as a centre for herring fishing. Progress was very slow and in 1780 under 400 barrels of salted fish were caught and processed. But the British Fisheries Society stepped in during the 1780s and within a decade 200 fishing boats were based in Wick and the annual catch had increased to 13,000 barrels of salted herring.
Today's Wick is an interesting mix of influences and elements. The harbour remains both active and interesting, while the town centre has considerable character without being either fossilised or run down. In Pulteneytown you find the Wick Heritage Centre, giving Summer visitors a feel for the town's herring years, and here, too, you find the Pulteney Distillery.
9 hotels
HOTELS
Location: Wick
Distance: 0.03 miles
Rating: 2*
Prices From: £70.00
Location: Wick
Distance: 0.03 miles
Rating: 2*
Prices From: £60.00
Location: Wick
Distance: 0.05 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £55.00
Location: Wick
Distance: 0.07 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £55.00
Location: Caithness
Distance: 0.11 miles
Rating: NOT CLASSIfIED
Prices From: £90.00
Location: Wick
Distance: 0.17 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £89.00
Location: Wick
Distance: 0.31 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £75.00
Location: Wick
Distance: 2.38 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £150.00
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