Castlehill Heritage Centre 2026
Caithness
Waterlines Heritage Centre 2026
Visitor centre and museum in restored buildings close to the attractive harbour at Lybster. Exhibits on local area and industries where they celebrate the 19th and early 20th century fishing industry when Lybster was a busy fishing port, particularly during the herring fishing boom.
Contacts
Operator: Lybster Heritage Trust
Address: Lybster Harbour Shore Road Lybster Caithness KW3 6AH
- Telephone: 01593 721 520
- Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
- Website: View website
Open Days & Times
Wed-Sat. 1000-1500. Visit website or facebook for more details.
Travel
- By Bus: 81
- By Rail: Wick / 16 miles
Facilities
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Full disabled access
On the upper floor is a museum and exhibition area in two large rooms. Outside, beyond the far end of the building, is an array of the rocks found in the north east Highlands, while the end of the building nearest the harbour is set up to show how it would have operated in its days as a smokehouse, curing part of the catch of fishermen operating from Lybster and from neighbouring harbours.
The upstairs rooms, accessible by stairs and a lift, have a series of exhibits about Lybster Harbour and the local area. The story of fish and fishing forms a core theme, but visiting ornithologists greatly appreciate the live feeds of pictures of birds nesting on local cliffs, from controllable cameras, and there is also a display of casts of fossils found in Caithness quarries.
There is another website to look at for photos of the inside of the museum:
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lybster/waterlines/
