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West Helmsdale

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OS grid reference
  
ND014154

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
KW8 6

Local time
  
Saturday 12:41 AM

Lieutenancy area
  
Highland

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
Helmsdale

Police
  
Scottish

Council area
  
Highland

West Helmsdale

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 87% Humidity

West Helmsdale is a small settlement, lying on the right bank of the River Helmsdale, on the east coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Helmsdale lies on the left bank of the River Helmsdale.

Contents

Map of West Helmsdale, Helmsdale, UK

A number of small Crofts are still there. Many new ones are springing up from people who have visited Helmsdale and loved it. Most crofts in West Helmsdale date back over 100 years.

Notable people

  • Roderick Ross (1865–1943) CVO CBE KPM (1865–1943) was Chief Constable of Edinburgh City Police from 1900 to 1935. Born 24 May 1865 the son of a Crofter whose grandfather (his namesake) a Chelsea Pensioner had been evicted out of Kildonan during the Highland Clearances. Ross was born in West Helmsdale in the parish of Kildonan, Sutherland.

    • References

    West Helmsdale Wikipedia
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