Yair Bridge

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The Yair Bridge or Fairnilee Bridge is a bridge across the River Tweed at Yair, near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. ()

Opened: 1764 (261 years ago)Length: 146 ftCoordinates: 55°35'10"N, 2°52'10"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Yair Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Abbotsford House, Bowhill House, Galashiels Baptist Church, Newark Castle.

3.5 miE
Scott's 19th-century baronial home
Abbotsford House, Melrose
91 min walk • Abbotsford is a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Galashiels, on the south bank of the River Tweed. Now open to the public, it was built as the residence of historical novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott between 1817 and 1825.
3.6 miSW
Historical place, Vernacular architecture
Bowhill House, Selkirk
91 min walk • Bowhill House is a historic house near Bowhill at Selkirk in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association, and is one of the homes of the Duke of Buccleuch.
3 miNE
Church
Galashiels Baptist Church, Galashiels
77 min walk • Galashiels Baptist Church is located in the town of Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. It was founded in 1804 and is affiliated to the Baptist Union of Scotland.
2.9 miSW
Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Newark Castle
73 min walk • Newark Tower is a large, ruined tower house standing in the grounds of Bowhill House, in the valley of the Yarrow Water three miles west of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. In addition to the keep, sections of a gatehouse and wall survive. It has been designated a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland.
3 miNE
Art gallery, Shopping, Art museum
Old Gala House, Galashiels
78 min walk • Old Gala House is a museum and conference centre situated in the Old Town area of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. The building was originally built as a tower house in 1457 by the Hoppringill family, who had been granted the lands of Gala by the Earl of Douglas.
3.6 miN
Archaeological site
Torwoodlee Broch
91 min walk • Torwoodlee Broch is the remains of an iron-age broch located near the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.
3.1 miS
Monuments and statues
The Haining, Selkirk
81 min walk • The Haining is a country house and estate in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. The present house dates from the 1790s, and was a property of the Pringle family.
2.8 miSE
55°32'59"N • 2°50'19"W
Victoria Halls, Selkirk
72 min walk • City hall
4.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Aikwood Tower
121 min walk • Aikwood Tower is a 16th-century tower house in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles southwest of the town of Selkirk, on the Ettrick Water. The tower is a Category A listed building.
6.7 miSW
Forts and castles, Tower
Kirkhope Tower
170 min walk • Kirkhope Tower is a Scottish Pele, located in the Ettrick Valley, in the historic county of Selkirkshire, now a division of the Scottish Borders. The tower lies a mile to the north west of Ettrickbridge, and seven miles from the Burgh of Selkirk.
5.5 miN
Archaeological site
Bow Castle Broch
142 min walk • Bow Castle is the remains of an iron-age broch near the Gala Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the parish of Stow. It is a scheduled monument.