Walkerburn
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Facts and practical information
Walkerburn is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles from Peebles and 10 miles from Galashiels. ()
ScotlandUnited Kingdom
Walkerburn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Traquair House, Kailzie Gardens, Glentress Forest, Robert Smail's Printing Works.
Genteel rooms in a 12th-century castleTraquair House, Innerleithen
56 min walk • Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion. It pre-dates the Scottish Baronial style of architecture, and may have been one of the influences on this style.
Botanical garden, ParkKailzie Gardens, Peebles
129 min walk • Kailzie Gardens is a walled garden near Kirkburn in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the Tweed valley, four km east of Peebles, off the B7062. The garden dates from 1812. The present owners are Steve and Susan Plag. Places in the vicinity include Cardrona, the Cardrona Forest, Horsburgh Castle and the Glentress Forest.
Natural attraction, Park, ForestGlentress Forest, Peebles
154 min walk • Glentress Forest is located near Peebles in the Scottish Borders, about 30 miles south of Edinburgh.
Historical place, Science museum, MuseumRobert Smail's Printing Works, Innerleithen
46 min walk • Robert Smail's Printing Works is a fully functional Victorian era letterpress printing works in the small Scottish Borders town of Innerleithen, now preserved by The National Trust for Scotland as an Industrial Heritage museum showing visitors the operation of a local printer...
Forts and castles, Reportedly hauntedNewark Castle
158 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.
Forts and castlesGlen House
121 min walk • The Glen, also known as Glen House, is an estate and country house in the parish of Traquair, southern Scotland. It is located in the glen of the Quair Water, around 5 kilometres south-west of Innerleithen, and 9 kilometres south-east of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders.
Forts and castlesHorsburgh Castle
123 min walk • Horsburgh Castle, also known as Horsbrugh Castle or Horsbrugh Tower, is a ruined tower house castle by the River Tweed, on the A72 road from Peebles to Galashiels, near Glentress in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
Forts and castlesNether Horsburgh Castle
96 min walk • Nether Horsburgh Castle is a ruined tower house near Cardrona, in the Scottish Borders, in the former county of Peebleshire. It is situated at the back of a farmstead, 3.5 miles southwest of the market town of Peebles, at grid reference grid reference NT304396, on the A72 road.
Hiking, Hiking trailSir Walter Scott Way
67 min walk • The Sir Walter Scott Way is a 92-mile long-distance footpath in the Scottish Borders. The route broadly follows the waymarked Southern Upland Way, except for in a few sections. It commemorates Sir Walter Scott, one of Scotland's most renowned writers, who had many connections with the area.
Nature, Natural attraction, ForestCardrona Forest
92 min walk • The Cardrona Forest is a forest in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B7062, near Peebles. OS Grid Reference: NT292385. Cardrona Forest consists of a mixed conifer woodland with upgraded facilities.
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