Polwarth Parish Church

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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. It lies 4.0 miles south–west of Duns and 3.5 miles east of Greenlaw at grid reference NT749494. ()

Coordinates: 55°44'18"N, 2°23'59"W

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Polwarth Parish Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hume Castle, Manderston House, Duns Castle, Blanerne Castle.

5.8 miSW
Forts and castles
Hume Castle, Greenlaw
147 min walk • Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte held by the powerful Hume or Home family, Wardens of the Eastern March who became successively the Lords Home and the Earls of Home.
4.8 miNE
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Manderston House, Duns
124 min walk • Manderston House, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, is the home of The Rt Hon. The 4th Baron Palmer. It was completely rebuilt between 1901 and 1903 and has sumptuous interiors with a silver-plated staircase.
3.5 miNE
Nature and wildlife, Park, Reportedly haunted
Duns Castle, Duns
90 min walk • Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320.
6.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Blanerne Castle
169 min walk • Blanerne Castle is the remains of a 16th-century fortified house, located in the grounds of Blanerne House, an 18th-century country house between Chirnside and Preston in the Scottish Borders.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dirrington Great Law
119 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.
3 miE
Forts and castles
Nisbet House
77 min walk • Nisbet House is a 17th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders. It is located on the north side of the Blackadder Water, 2.5 kilometres south of Duns, in the Merse, a low-lying part of the former county of Berwickshire.
4.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Wedderburn Castle
107 min walk • Wedderburn Castle, near Duns, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, is an 18th-century country house that is now used as a wedding and events venue.
2.4 miN
Forts and castles
Langton Castle
63 min walk • Langton Castle is a now destroyed medieval fortress at Langton, near the burgh of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. Little remains of the structure.
7.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake of the Hirsel
186 min walk • 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.
4.6 miS
Memorial
Crosshall cross
117 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.
2.7 miSE
Tower
Bite-about Pele
70 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.