Mertoun Bridge

#2518 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Mertoun Bridge is a bridge across the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. ()

Completed: 1841 (183 years ago)Coordinates: 55°34'50"N, 2°37'14"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Nearby attractions include: Dryburgh Abbey, Statue of William Wallace, Dryburgh Suspension Bridge, Bemersyde Moss.

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Medieval ruins with informational boards
Dryburgh Abbey, Melrose
30 min walk • Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland.
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Monuments and statues
Statue of William Wallace, St Boswells
31 min walk • The William Wallace Statue near the grounds of the Bemersyde estate, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders is a statue commemorating William Wallace.
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Bridge
Dryburgh Suspension Bridge, St Boswells
30 min walk • Dryburgh Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge erected near Dryburgh Abbey, Scottish Borders.
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Museum, Nature, Natural attraction
Bemersyde Moss
32 min walk • Bemersyde Moss is a Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bemersyde in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.