OS grid reference NC862317 Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district KW11 Local time Tuesday 2:14 AM Lieutenancy area Highland | Country Scotland Post town Kinbrace Police Scottish Council area Highland | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind SW at 27 km/h, 85% Humidity Scottish parliament Caithness, Sutherland and Ross UK parliament constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | ||
Kinbrace is a small village in Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies at the junction of the A897 and B871 and is 17 miles (27 km) from Helmsdale by road. The village has a station on the Far North Line (also named Kinbrace), and a primary school. Few people live in the village with the population standing at 828, although this statistic covers a much larger area than Kinbrace itself.
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Map of Kinbrace, UK
The village is represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, where it is represented by Paul Monaghan, of the Scottish National Party. It is represented in the Scottish Parliament by Rob Gibson, also of the Scottish National Party.
Climate
As with the rest of the British Isles and Scotland, Kinbrace experiences a maritime climate with mild summers and cool winters. It is nonetheless one of the more frost prone locations in the country, with notable temperatures including a minimum of −21.7 °C (−7.1 °F) during March 2001, and a daytime maximum of −10.5 °C (13.1 °F) during November 1985, when a temperature inversion persisted throughout the day.