Reay

Reay Scottish Gaelic: Ràth
Reay Location within the Caithness area
OS grid reference	NC967648
Council area	Highland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Thurso
Postcode district	KW14
Dialling code	01847
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland, and Ross
List of places UK Scotland 58°33′32″N 3°46′30″W / 58.559°N 3.775°W / 58.559; -3.775

Reay (/reɪ/, RAY; Scottish Gaelic: Ràth, /rˠaː/) is a village which has grown around Sandside Bay on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. It is within the historic Parish of Reay and the historic county of Caithness.

The village is on the A836 road some 12 miles (19 km) west of the town of Thurso and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Dounreay.

Along with Thurso the village grew dramatically in the mid-20th century with the development of the experimental nuclear power facility at Dounreay, where technologies such as fast breeder reactors were developed.

The last force-fire in Reay occurred about 1830.