Connect Thurso with Slow Ways
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more walks and reviews are needed to fully connect Thurso to the verified network. Can you give a hike and help?
Give a hike!Thurso / Inbhir Theòrsa
Highland
Slow Ways linking Thurso and Castletown, Halkirk, Melvich, Scrabster
Scotland / Highland / Thurso
Thurso’s four Slow Ways are 44% checked
Help connect Thurso
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
Give a hike and help get a for every one of Thurso’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Thurso from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Melvich—Thurso
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Melthu one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 30km/19mi | Ascent 405m | Descent 459m | ||
Scrabster—Thurso
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Scrthu one |
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U U |
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Survey me | Distance 3km/2mi | Ascent 92m | Descent 84m | ||
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Thurso—Castletown
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Thucas one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 123m | Descent 107m | |
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Thurso—Halkirk
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Thuhal one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent 172m | Descent 141m |
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Collective progress
44% of Thurso’s four route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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4 people have contributed to Thurso’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Thurso
15km out of 58km have been walked and reviewed
21km of reviews have been shared in Thurso
Latest Updates
It's a very scenic and easy to follow walk with well defined paths, but very exposed whatever the wind direction....
Jenny Sanderson
This is just the main road. There is a route along the coast but this is not it....
Tina Irving
En route to Orkney, the stroll from Thurso to the ferry terminal at Scrabster is easy and good to stretch the limbs if you've taken the long train ride up from Inverness. Easy to follow, good views and a range of proper dock aromas as you approach....
Steve_Roser
As good as you'll get for the short walk between the Thurso town and the modern port at Scrabster. Enjoyed it. Once out of town most is on easy, paved, off-road paths along the low cliff above the beach, with views north to Orkney and east to Dunnet Head, followed by a gentle descent into the port along the pavement of its utilitarian access road, with the lively business of shipping fish, timber and oil around the area clear to see below....
Mockymock
Thurso’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
ND1173568417
Lat / Lon
58.59471° / -3.52027°
Easting / Northing
311,735E / 968,417N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Thurso and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Thurso's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
Official ‘Walkers are Welcome’ town
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