Kinbrace is a small village in
Sutherland
Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
in the
Highland council area of
Scotland. It lies at the junction of the
A897 and
B871 and is from
Helmsdale by road. The village has a station on the
Far North Line (also named
Kinbrace).
[Helmsdale Community website's page on Kinbrace]
/ref> Few people live in the village, with the population standing at 51 in the 2011 Census.
The village is represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
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The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 me ...
constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, where it is represented by Jamie Stone of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. It is represented in the Scottish Parliament
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by Rob Gibson of the Scottish National Party
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.
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 during March 2001, and a daytime maximum of during November 1985,
Notable people
*Angus Ross
Angus Ross (18 April 1953 – 17 January 2016) was a Scottish professional darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography
Ross represented Scotland with captain Rab Smith and Jocky Wilson in the 1981 BDO Nations Cup. In the f ...
died in Kinbrace
See also
*Auchentoul
Achentoul (Scottish Gaelic: Achadh an t-Sabhail; translation: "field of the barn") is a hamlet in the Kinbrace area of Sutherland, in the Scottish council area of Highland. Consisting of a few farmhouses and barns, Achentoul lies around north of ...
References
Populated places in Sutherland
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