Reay
（重定向自Sandside Bay）
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![Local shop](/Images/godic/202502/09/The_Reay_Shop_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5491330543.jpg")
![Sandside Bay in August 2006](/Images/godic/202502/09/Sandside_Beach,_Summer_20060543.jpg")
Reay (Scottish Gaelic:Ràth) 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.