Forsinard

Forsinard
Scottish Gaelic: *Forsan Àird*
Forsinard Scottish Gaelic: Forsan Àird;
	Walls on Ben Griam Beg from a clearance village
	Forsinard Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference	NC891430
Council area	Highland;
Lieutenancy area	Sutherland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FORSINARD
Postcode district	KW13
Dialling code	01641
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross;
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross;

Forsinard (/ˌfɔːrsɪnˈɑːrd/ FOR-sin-ARD) is a hamlet in the county of Sutherland in the Highland area of Scotland. 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, an 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. 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.

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