Bilbster is a quiet rural area in the Scottish Highland region on the A882 road

A882 road

The A882 road is entirely within Caithness in the Highland area of Scotland. It has a length of about and runs generally west/northwest from the A99 in the county town of Wick to the A9 in the Georgemas area....

, containing a handful of houses spread over approximately 1 square miles (2.6 km²). The nearest village is Watten

Watten, Highland

Watten is a small village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main road between the county town of Wick and the burgh of Thurso, about twelve kilometres west of Wick and close to Wick River and to Loch Watten. The village is on The Far North railway line but trains stopped...

, roughly 2 miles away with the nearest town Wick

Wick, Highland

Wick is an estuary town and a royal burgh in the north of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically, it is one of two burghs within the county of Caithness, of which Wick was the county town. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay...

, 5 miles down the road. Bilbster is a farming area. It is a peaceful quiet place. The River Wick a productive salmon river, meanders through Bilbster, its quiet "burble" a relaxing sound on a calm sunny day. Being so far north Bilbster has its fair share of strong winds but the winters on the north east coast are becoming wetter with less snow falls than in the past. A recent addition to Bilbster is three wind turbines.

As small as Bilbster is it was once served by the now closed Bilbster railway station

Bilbster railway station

Bilbster was a railway station located in the village of Bilbster. It was one of a number of smaller stations on the Far North Line which were closed in 1960.- Sources :*...

, perhaps an indication of a slightly larger population in days gone by.