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| − | '''John o'Groats''' (Gaelic: ''Taigh Iain Ghròt'') is a small village in the traditional [[Scotland|Scottish]] county of Caithness and the [[Highlands]] region of [[Scotland]]. John o'Groats is popularly thought of as the northernmost point on the British mainland (the counterpart to [[Land's End]] in [[Cornwall]]) - although not actually the northernmost point (this honour belongs to [[Dunnet Head]] nearby), John o'Groats ''is'' certainly the northernmost settlement in Britain. | + | '''John o'Groats''' (Gaelic: ''Taigh Iain Ghròt'' [http://www.visitjohnogroats.com/]) is a small village in the traditional [[Scotland|Scottish]] county of Caithness and the [[Highlands]] region of [[Scotland]]. John o'Groats is popularly thought of as the northernmost point on the British mainland (the counterpart to [[Land's End]] in [[Cornwall]]) - although not actually the northernmost point (this honour belongs to [[Dunnet Head]] nearby), John o'Groats ''is'' certainly the northernmost settlement in Britain. |
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| | *the '''Castle of Mey''' [http://www.castleofmey.org.uk/], ''6 miles west of John o'Groats towards [[Thurso]]'' - the Caithness residence of the late Queen Mum, lovingly restored by her after the death of her husband King George VI in 1952 | | *the '''Castle of Mey''' [http://www.castleofmey.org.uk/], ''6 miles west of John o'Groats towards [[Thurso]]'' - the Caithness residence of the late Queen Mum, lovingly restored by her after the death of her husband King George VI in 1952 |
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| − | *[http://www.visitjohnogroats.com/ Visit John o'Groats]
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John o'Groats takes its name from one Jan de Groot, a Dutchman who obtained a grant for the ferry from the Scottish mainland to the island of Orkney, recently acquired from Norway, from the Scottish King James IV in 1496.
