Whiteadder Reservoir

#2031 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles south east of Garvald. It was created to provide additional water facilities for East Lothian. ()

Elevation: 804 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°51'51"N, 2°33'26"W

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Whiteadder Reservoir – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dirrington Great Law, Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw, Cranshaws Castle.

6.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dirrington Great Law
155 min walk • Dirrington Great Law is a hill in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Berwickshire. The summit is around 2.5 kilometres south of Longformacus and 9 kilometres west of Duns.
5.4 miNW
Monastery
Sancta Maria Abbey
138 min walk • Nunraw Abbey or Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw is a working Trappist monastery. It was the first Cistercian house to be founded in Scotland since the Scottish Reformation. Founded in 1946 by monks from Mount St.
3.9 miNW
Archaeological site
Nunraw
101 min walk • Nunraw is an estate in East Lothian, Scotland. It includes the White Castle, a hillfort, situated on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, two miles south of the village of Garvald, Nunraw House was formerly used as the Guesthouse for retreatants at Sancta Maria Abbey the Cistercian monastery on the hillside nearby.
2.1 miSE
Tower
Cranshaws Castle
55 min walk • Cranshaws Castle or Cranshaws Tower is a privately owned 15th-century pele situated by the village of Cranshaws in Berwickshire, Scotland. The building is still in use as a residence, and is protected as a category A listed building.
6 miNW
Forts and castles
Stoneypath Tower
152 min walk • Stoneypath Tower, is an L-plan tower house dating from the late sixteenth century, about 3.5 miles south of East Linton, and east of the Whittinghame Water in East Lothian, Scotland.
3.4 miSW
Archaeological site
Mutiny Stones
86 min walk • The Mutiny Stones are a megalithic monument in the Lammermuir Hills, Scotland. Situated on Byrecleugh Rig, the nearest centre of habitation is at Longformacus, some four miles away.
7.3 miNE
Archaeological site
Blackcastle Hill
187 min walk • Blackcastle Hill is an Iron Age hill fort south of Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland. It is near Cocklaw in the Lammermuir Hills at grid reference NT729724, at a height of 280 metres above sea level. The fort has a single defensive bank.