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Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
HALKIRK

Police
  
Scottish

Local time
  
Monday 7:23 AM

Lieutenancy areas
  
Highland, Caithness

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
KW12

Fire
  
Scottish

Council area
  
Highland

Altnabreac

Weather
  
0°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 86% Humidity

Scottish parliament
  
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

UK parliament constituency
  
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Altnabreac train station


Altnabreac (from Scottish Gaelic Allt nam Breac) is a tiny settlement within the former county of Caithness, in the north of Scotland, and now within the Highland council area. The settlement, notable for its remoteness, consists of Altnabreac railway station and the former Altnabreac School which had one teacher/head teacher (David L. Jenkinson). The school classroom was closed and converted from a school/house solely into a house in 1987. The former gamekeeper's house sits adjacent to the school and station. There is a natural spring about 200 yards from the school providing crystal clear drinking water. During the 1980s peat banks were worked to provide fuel for the residents who regularly used to be cut off from the nearest town of Thurso during the winter. It can only be approached by train by special request to stop at the unmanned station, or along unsurfaced Forestry Commission roads from the nearest village, Westerdale, about 12 miles away.

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Map of Altnabreac, Halkirk, UK

Altnabreac, like Dounreay, was considered as a location for a final repository for the UK's nuclear waste. However, this idea was not pursued.

Getting off the train with my mountain bike at altnabreac station to ride back to forsinard


References

Altnabreac Wikipedia