Legerwood Kirk

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Legerwood Kirk is an ancient and historic Church of Scotland church in the former county of Berwickshire, Scotland. It is situated half a mile east of the hamlet of Legerwood and 6.5 miles south east of Lauder in the Scottish Borders, on an unclassified road east of the A68 highway at grid reference NT593433. The parish church at Legerwood serves a wholly agricultural community and there are barely any clusters of houses worthy of being known as a village. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°40'57"N, 2°38'50"W

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1 Kirkhill Farm CottagesEarlston TD4 6AT ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Day trips

Legerwood Kirk – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Smailholm Tower, Mellerstain House, Thirlestane Castle, Leaderfoot Viaduct.

6 miSE
15th-century hilltop stone tower
Smailholm Tower, Kelso
154 min walk • Smailholm Tower is a peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles west of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside.
4.3 miSE
Historical place, Garden, Park
Mellerstain House, Kelso
109 min walk • Mellerstain House is a stately home around 8 miles north of Kelso in the Borders, Scotland. It is currently the home of the 14th Earl of Haddington, and is a historical monument of Scotland.
4.7 miNW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Thirlestane Castle, Lauder
119 min walk • Thirlestane Castle is a castle set in extensive parklands near Lauder in the Borders of Scotland. The site is aptly named Castle Hill, as it stands upon raised ground. However, the raised land is within Lauderdale, the valley of the Leader Water.
5.5 miS
Bridge
Leaderfoot Viaduct, Melrose
142 min walk • The Leaderfoot Viaduct, also known as the Drygrange Viaduct, is a railway viaduct over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
2.9 miE
Forts and castles
Greenknowe Tower
73 min walk • Greenknowe Tower is a 16th-century tower house, located just west of the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders. Although a roofless ruin, the stonework of the tower is well preserved, and represents a fine example of a later tower house, built more as a residence rather than as a place of defence.
5.5 miS
Bridge
Drygrange Old Bridge
142 min walk • The Drygrange Old Bridge is a disused road bridge over the River Tweed near Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
2.4 miW
Forts and castles
Whitslaid Tower
61 min walk • Whitslaid Tower was an ancient Berwickshire seat of the Lauder family for over 300 years. It is today a ruin high above the eastern bank of the Leader Water, 2 miles south of the burgh of Lauder, in the Scottish Borders.
2.7 miNE
Church
Bassendean
69 min walk • Bassendean is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 kilometres south of Westruther and 3 kilometres north-west of Gordon. It is by the Eden Water in the former Berwickshire, immediately south of the hamlet of Houndslow.
4.9 miS
Archaeological site
Brotherstone Hill
124 min walk • Brotherstone Hill is a hill near St. Boswells and the Eildon Hills in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, with two standing stones from the megalithic age, on the summit of Brotherstone Hill, at a height of 418 metres.
2.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Gordon Moss
66 min walk • Gordon Moss is a nature reserve near Gordon, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire. The moss is situated one mile west of Gordon village, south of the Gordon - Earlston road. Parking places.
3.3 miS
Town
Earlston
83 min walk • One of the town's most iconic landmarks is the majestic Leader Water, a picturesque river that meanders through the surrounding countryside. Visitors can enjoy leisurely walks along the riverbanks, take in the serene beauty of the water, and even try their hand at...