Bavelaw Castle, Edinburgh

Name: Bavelaw Castle
Address: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

#226 among attractions in Edinburgh

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Bavelaw Castle is a historic house in the City of Edinburgh Council area, Scotland. It is north of Hare Hill in the Pentland Hills, four miles west of Penicuik, and two miles south of Balerno, above Threipmuir Reservoir. It was designated as a Category A listed building in 1971. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°51'4"N, 3°19'54"W

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Bavelaw Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dalmahoy, Glencorse Reservoir, Penicuik House, Loganlea Reservoir.

3.7 miN
Golf
Dalmahoy, Edinburgh
95 min walk • Dalmahoy is a hotel and former country house near Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located off the A71 road, 3.5 kilometres south of Ratho.
3.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Glencorse Reservoir
80 min walk • Glencorse Reservoir is a reservoir in Midlothian, Scotland, UK, two miles west of Glencorse, in the Pentland Hills. It is retained by an earth dam, and it was built between 1820 and 1824 by James Jardine to provide water for the mills of Auchendinny, Milton Bridge and Glencorse, and to supply drinking water to the citizens of Edinburgh.
3.8 miSE
Historical place, Architecture, Cafe
Penicuik House, Penicuik
97 min walk • Penicuik House survives as the shell of a formerly grand estate house in Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The 18th-century palladian mansion was built on the site of an earlier house by Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet.
1.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loganlea Reservoir
45 min walk • Loganlea Reservoir is a small reservoir in the Pentland Hills, Midlothian, Scotland, UK. The Logan Burn connects the reservoir with Glencorse Reservoir.
0.9 miNE
Lake
Threipmuir Reservoir, Edinburgh
22 min walk • Threipmuir Reservoir is a reservoir in the City of Edinburgh Council area, Scotland, UK. It is situated to the south of Edinburgh at the base of the Pentland Hills, two miles south of Balerno.
2.4 miN
Hiking, Hiking trail
Water of Leith Walkway, Edinburgh
63 min walk • The Water of Leith Walkway is a public footpath and cycleway that runs alongside the small river of the same name through Edinburgh, Scotland, from Balerno to Leith.
1.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Scald Law
47 min walk • Scald Law is a hill in Midlothian, Scotland. At 579 metres it is the highest of the Pentland Hills. The hill is composed of Devonian volcanic rock.
1.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Harlaw Reservoir, Edinburgh
39 min walk • Harlaw Reservoir is a small reservoir in the City of Edinburgh Council area, Scotland, UK, situated at the base of the Pentland Hills near Currie and Balerno.
4.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Uttershill Castle, Penicuik
125 min walk • Uttershill Castle is a ruinous 16th-century tower house, about 0.5 miles south of Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, south of the river North Esk, and west of the Black Burn. Alternative names are Utters Hill and Outtershill Castle.
4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Harperrig Reservoir
116 min walk • Harperrig Reservoir is a reservoir in West Lothian, Scotland, to the north of the Pentland Hills, four miles south of Mid Calder. The Water of Leith flows through it, and nearby are Harlaw Reservoir and Threipmuir Reservoir.
3.9 miE
Archaeological site
Castle Law
99 min walk • Castle Law is a hill south west of Fairmilehead in the Pentland Hills in Midlothian, Scotland. It is best known for the Iron Age hill fort on its slopes.