Vogrie Country Park, Gorebridge

Name: Vogrie Country Park
Address: Vogrie House, Gorebridge, EH23 4NU, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Gorebridge

Park, Relax in park

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Facts and practical information

Vogrie Country Park in Scotland is managed by Midlothian Council. It consists of a woodland estate surrounding the Victorian Vogrie House. ()

Elevation: 568 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°51'25"N, 2°59'34"W

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Vogrie HouseGorebridge EH23 4NU United Kingdom

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Day trips

Vogrie Country Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dalkeith Palace, Borthwick Castle, Dalhousie Castle, National Mining Museum Scotland.

4.1 miNW
Palace, Historical place, Forts and castles
Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
106 min walk • Dalkeith Palace is a country house in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It was the seat of the Dukes of Buccleuch from 1642 until 1914, and is owned by the Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust.
2.2 miS
Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Borthwick Castle, Gorebridge
56 min walk • Borthwick Castle is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving medieval Scottish fortifications. It is located twelve miles south-east of Edinburgh, to the east of the village of Borthwick, on a site protected on three sides by a steep fall in the ground.
3.5 miW
Hotel, Forts and castles
Dalhousie Castle, Bonnyrigg
89 min walk • Dalhousie Castle is a castle in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. Dalhousie Castle is situated near the town of Bonnyrigg, 8 miles south of Edinburgh. The castle was the seat of the Earls of Dalhousie, the chieftains of Clan Ramsay.
2.9 miW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
National Mining Museum Scotland, Dalkeith
74 min walk • The National Mining Museum Scotland was created in 1984, to preserve the physical surface remains of Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland. The colliery, sunk by the Lothian Coal Company in 1890, came into production in 1894.
0.9 miS
Church
Crichton Collegiate Church
24 min walk • Crichton Collegiate Church is situated about 0.6 miles south-west of the hamlet of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland.
1.1 miS
14th-century tower overlooking a river
Crichton Castle
28 min walk • Crichton Castle is a ruined castle near the village of Crichton in Midlothian, Scotland. It is situated at the head of the River Tyne, 2 miles south of the village of Pathhead, and the same distance east of Gorebridge.
4.9 miN
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Fa'side Castle, Tranent
125 min walk • Fa'side Castle has previously been known as Fawside, Falside, Ffauside, Fauxside, or Fawsyde and is a 15th-century keep located in East Lothian in Scotland. The castle is approximately 2 miles southwest of Tranent, and 2 mi southeast of Musselburgh.
3.4 miNW
Historical place, Monastery
Newbattle Abbey, Dalkeith
87 min walk • Newbattle Abbey was a Cistercian monastery near the village of Newbattle in Midlothian, Scotland, which subsequently become a stately home and then an educational institution.
~680 ftNE
Museum, History museum
Vogrie House
4 min walk • Vogrie House forms the centrepiece of Vogrie Country Park in Midlothian. It was built for James Dewar and his family in 1876 by Andrew Heiton, the town architect for Perth. Dewar was the creator of Dewar's whisky.
3.3 miN
Forts and castles
Cousland Castle, Dalkeith
84 min walk • Cousland Castle is a ruined castle near the town of Cousland, Midlothian, Scotland.
4 miSW
Museum, History museum
Arniston House
103 min walk • Arniston House is a historic house in Midlothian, Scotland, near the village of Temple. This Georgian mansion was designed by William Adam in 1726 for Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the elder, the Lord President of the Court of Session.