Join me for a walk around the centre of Wick, the second-most northerly town on the island of Great Britain! With over a thousand years of riveting history concentrated on just a few small roads, this former Viking stronghold in the far north of Scotland developed to be the world's biggest herring port, and is now even home to the world's shortest street too!
On our walk around Wick, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Wick River, the Mackays Hotel, Ebenezer Place (the world's shortest street), Wick War Memorial, Bridge Street, Wick Town Hall, The Royal National Mòd Flower Clock, Wick Bridge Street Church, Wick High Street, Wick Market Place, The Alexander Bain Pub (former Post Office), The Camps Bar, Wick Harbour Bridge, Wick Bay, Pulteneytown, Telford House, Telford Street, Wick Harbour, The Old Fog Cannon, Wick Memorial Garden, Wick Heritage Museum, Bank Row and Wick River once again.
Thank you so much to the following sites which really helped me out in my research of Wick:
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0:00 Wick River and Bridge Street
0:21 Wick River
0:32 River Street
1:07 Mackays Hotel
1:14 Ebenezer Place (the shortest street in the world!)
1:41 River Street
1:48 Wick War Memorial
2:11 Bridge Street
2:49 Wick River
2:57 Bridge Street
3:26 Wick Town Hall
3:46 Royal National Mòd Flower Clock
3:55 Wick Town Hall
4:30 Former Bridge Street Church
4:48 Wick Town Hall
5:10 Bridge Street
5:27 Clydesdale Bank
5:46 Bridge Street
6:06 High Street
6:41 Market Place and The Alexander Bain
7:20 High Street
8:03 View towards Wick Harbour Bridge
8:18 High Street
8:50 The Camps Bar
9:00 High Street
9:08 Wick Harbour Bridge
9:56 View towards Wick Bay
10:14 Wick Harbour Bridge
10:55 Williamson Street
11:48 Telford House
12:17 Telford Street
13:07 Harbour Quay
13:35 Wick Harbour
14:40 The Old Fog Cannon
15:27 Harbour Place
16:00 Bank Row
16:23 Wick Memorial Garden
17:12 Bank Row
17:29 Wick Heritage Museum
18:05 Bank Row
19:25 Miller Street
20:12 Telford Street
20:49 Miller Street
21:21 Burn Street
21:53 River Street
22:50 Wick River and Bridge Street
23:11 Thank you for watching!
Stats for nerds:
Distance walked: 1.1 miles/1.8km
Step count: 2200 steps (approx.)
Time taken: 22 mins 51 secs
Average speed: 2.9mph/4.7kmh
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17 авг 2024