Torwoodlee Broch
#4540 among destinations in the United Kingdom
Facts and practical information
Torwoodlee Broch is the remains of an iron-age broch located near the town of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. ()
ScotlandUnited Kingdom
Torwoodlee Broch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Melrose Abbey, Abbotsford House, Eildon Hill, Galashiels Baptist Church.
14th-century monastic ruins with museumMelrose Abbey, Melrose
147 min walk • St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders.
Scott's 19th-century baronial homeAbbotsford House, Melrose
95 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.
Archaeological siteEildon Hill
163 min walk • Eildon Hill lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town. The name is usually pluralised into "the Eildons" or "Eildon Hills", because of its triple peak.
ChurchGalashiels Baptist Church, Galashiels
48 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.
ParkHarmony Garden, Melrose
146 min walk • The Harmony Garden is the garden of Harmony Hall which is in the town of Melrose, in the Scottish Borders, administered by the National Trust for Scotland.
Nature and wildlife, Garden, ParkPriorwood Garden, Melrose
148 min walk • Priorwood Garden is a garden in Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The garden contains an apple orchard of unusual apple trees. The flower garden is planted to supply the best samples for dry flower arrangements. It is administered by the National Trust for Scotland.
Art gallery, Shopping, Art museumOld Gala House, Galashiels
58 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.
BridgeYair Bridge
91 min walk • The Yair Bridge or Fairnilee Bridge is a bridge across the River Tweed at Yair, near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.
Archaeological siteBow Castle Broch
52 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.
Forts and castlesCastle Holydean
172 min walk • Holydean Castle was a castle sited near Melrose in Bowden, 1.25 miles SW of the village, in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, and the former Roxburghshire. The castle was founded by King David I.
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiumsNetherdale
86 min walk • Netherdale is a sports complex in Galashiels, Scottish Borders, consisting of two adjacent stadiums used for rugby union and football. The rugby ground is the home of Gala RFC and was formerly used by the professional Border Reivers team. It hosted one match of the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
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