Forsinard
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Forsinard
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 Walls on Ben Griam Beg from a clearance village | |
  Forsinard Location within the Sutherland area | |
| OS grid reference | NC891430 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FORSINARD |
| Postcode district | KW13 |
| Dialling code | 01641 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Forsinard (/ˌfɔːrsɪnˈɑːrd/ FOR-sin-ARD) is a hamlet in the county of Sutherland in the Highland area of Scotland.[1] It is located on the A897 road in Strath Halladale. It is served by a railway station on the Far North Line. The local hotel closed several years ago, but there is now a B&B just across the level crossing.
Forsinard is situated in the Flow Country, a UNESCO World Heritage Site area of peat bog which straddles the borders of Caithness and Sutherland. The 13,000-hectare (33,000-acre) Forsinard estate was purchased in 1977 by Basil Baird.[2] The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) runs a 154 km2 (38,000-acre) nature reserve and a visitor centre at Forsinard. The Forsinard Flows national nature reserve attracts a large range of birds and wildlife.[3]
