Lake of the Hirsel

#5835 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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The Lake of the Hirsel or Hirsel Lake is an artificial body of water and Site of Special Scientific Interest near Coldstream in Berwickshire in Scotland. It is set in the grounds of The Hirsel, home of the Home family and of the late Alec Douglas-Home, former British prime minister. ()

Elevation: 85 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°39'28"N, 2°16'41"W

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Lake of the Hirsel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norham Castle, Coldstream Bridge, Twizell Castle, Ednam.

6.6 miNE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Norham Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed
169 min walk • Norham Castle is a castle in Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
1.4 miE
Bridge
Coldstream Bridge, Coldstream
37 min walk • Coldstream Bridge, linking Coldstream, Scottish Borders with Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, is an 18th-century Category A/Grade II* listed bridge between England and Scotland, across the River Tweed. The bridge carries the A697 road across the Tweed.
4 miNE
Forts and castles
Twizell Castle
101 min walk • Twizell Castle is a Grade II* listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument which stands on a bend of the River Till at Tillmouth Park, Northumberland, northern England. Below it, the medieval Twizell Bridge spans the river. It is located 10 miles south-west of Berwick Upon Tweed.
5.9 miW
Church
Ednam
151 min walk • Ednam Church is a member church of the Church of Scotland and is co–joined with Kelso North Church in Kelso. Ednam is in the old county of Roxburghshire now part of the Scottish Borders Council.
1.1 miS
Forts and castles
Wark on Tweed Castle
29 min walk • Wark on Tweed Castle, sometimes referred to as Carham Castle is a ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the West end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland. The ruins are a Grade II* listed building.
5.8 miNE
Bridge
Ladykirk and Norham Bridge
148 min walk • The Ladykirk and Norham Bridge connects Ladykirk in the Borders, Scotland, with Norham in Northumberland, England, across the River Tweed.
6.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Housedon Hill
170 min walk • Housedon Hill is a hill on the northwestern edge of the Cheviot Hills in Northumberland, England. It is the northernmost Marilyn in England, the summit lying only about 4 miles from the Scottish border, which runs to the north and west.
1.2 miSE
55°39'2"N • 2°15'3"W
Coldstream Museum, Coldstream
30 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
7.3 miNW
Church
Polwarth Parish Church
186 min walk • Polwarth Parish Church was a member church of the Church of Scotland before closing in 2004. It is situated atop a mound off a minor road leading from the A6105, Greenlaw to Duns road in the old county of Berwickshire, now privately owned by the Letts family who live in the adjacent Polwarth Manse and is available for weddings.
4.2 miW
Memorial
Crosshall cross
108 min walk • The Crosshall Cross is a cross at Crosshall Farm, Eccles, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in historic Berwickshire. The cross is situated near Crosshall farmhouse and is said to date from the 12th century, after the Second Crusade.
4.7 miNW
Tower
Bite-about Pele
119 min walk • Bite-about is a very ruined pele tower or bastle house. It is situated in the parish of Eccles, between the villages of Fogo and Swinton to the south of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland.