River

Kirk Burn

Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°34′00″ N 3°12′00″ W

Location in United Kingdom

Elevation: 33 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Alterwall; 1.6 km W
Local time: UTC+00:00; Europe/London · UTC+00:00

About Kirk Burn

Kirk Burn is a river. Location: Highland, Scotland.

In comparison

17 sights and natural places within 10 km Loch Heilen, Loch of Wester

Airports nearest to Kirk Burn

Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 14 km
Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 47 km
Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 74 km

Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).

Nearest towns and villages

Alterwall Village, Highland
1.6 km W
Slickly Village, Highland
1.9 km N
Ruthers of Howe Village, Highland
2.3 km S
Sortat Village, Highland
2.3 km SW
Lyth Village, Highland
2.9 km SW
Howe Village, Highland
3.2 km S

Kirk Burn

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Ness Head Natural site, Highland
8.9 km E
Mell Head Natural site, Highland
12 km N
Loch Heilen Lake, Highland
6.1 km NW
Loch of Wester Lake, Highland
6.3 km SE
Burn of Lyth River, Highland
7.7 km S
Freswick Bay Natural site, Highland
8 km E
Gill Burn River, Highland
8 km E
Clett Island, Scotland
12 km N

Kirk Burn

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 3, 2026