Haster
title: "Haster" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-caithness", "wick,-caithness"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-caithness" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haster" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| official_name | Haster |
| static_image | File:Haster - geograph.org.uk - 544661.jpg |
| static_image_caption | Sign on the A882 |
| os_grid_reference | ND313390 |
| map_type | Caithness |
| coordinates | |
| unitary_scotland | Highland |
| postcode_district | KW1 5 |
| postcode_area | KW |
| :: |
|country = Scotland |official_name= Haster |scots_name= |gaelic_name= |population= |static_image=File:Haster - geograph.org.uk - 544661.jpg |static_image_caption=Sign on the A882 |static_image_width= |os_grid_reference= ND313390 |map_type= Caithness |coordinates = |unitary_scotland= Highland |lieutenancy_scotland= |constituency_westminster= |constituency_scottish_parliament= |historic_county= |post_town= |postcode_district = KW1 5 |postcode_area= KW |dial_code=
Haster is a small remote rural hamlet and district in Wick, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is located just west of the Bridge of Haster, which carries the A882 road linking the burghs of Wick and Thurso over the Achairn Burn to the main A9 road. It is about 2 + 1/2 miles west of Wick and about 5 + 1/2 miles east of Watten. An older village centre is about half a mile to the south.
Haster has two play parks and a football pitch, and there is a memorial fountain dedicated to General Lord Horne in the hamlet.
The ruins of St Cuthbert's Church is close to the hamlet. Thought to have measured 40 by, in 1726 it was described as the "Chapell of Haulster - the common people bury their dead about it".
References
References
- "Haster". School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
- "Haster".
- Ordnance Survey. "OS Maps".
- David G Scott. (26 April 2020). "Granddaughter of Lord Horne of Stirkoke passes away". Caithness Courier.
- "MHG2149 - St. Cuthbert's Church, Haster". Highland Historic Environment Record.
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