Whitrope Siding

#5918 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Facts and practical information

Whitrope Siding was a trailing short siding or spur off the "up" line, an associated trailing cross-over between up and down lines, a pair of railway cottages and a signal box on the Waverley Line or Waverley Route. It was used as a goods loading bay. The site is now the home of the Whitrope Heritage Centre, as well as the current terminus of the heritage Border Union Railway. ()

Coordinates: 55°17'35"N, 2°44'55"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Whitrope Siding – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hermitage Castle, Kielder Observatory, Maiden Paps, Ninestane Rig.

3.1 miSW
Historical place, Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Hermitage Castle, Hawick
80 min walk • Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. It is under the care of Historic Scotland. The castle has a reputation, both from its history and its appearance, as one of the most sinister and atmospheric castles in Scotland.
6.7 miSE
Observatories and planetariums, Museum, Science museum
Kielder Observatory
172 min walk • Kielder Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England. It is situated high upon Black Fell overlooking Kielder Water near the Scottish border, and half a mile up a forest track from James Turrell's Kielder Skyspace.
2.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Maiden Paps, Hawick
53 min walk • The Maiden Paps are twin hills near Hawick, in the Scottish Borders of the south east of Scotland, that have the shape of human breasts. They are located 12 kilometres south of Hawick; the higher pap is 510 metres and the lower 500 metres high.
1.8 miS
Archaeological site
Ninestane Rig
47 min walk • Ninestane Rig is a small stone circle in Scotland near the English border. Located in Roxburghshire, near to Hermitage Castle, it was probably made between 2000 BC and 1250 BC, during the Late Neolithic or early Bronze Age.
3.6 miN
Bridge
Shankend
93 min walk • Shankend Manor was a sixteenth-century mansion located some six miles south of Hawick, close to Whitrope Siding in Scotland. It was constructed to manage the surrounding countryside and now overlooks the Edinburgh Waverley line. The manor fell into disuse during the 1930s and by the 1970s had been removed from local road maps.
4.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Wauchope Forest
110 min walk • Wauchope Forest is a forest on the Rule Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, south of Hawick, and including the A6088, the A68 and the B6357, as well as Newcastleton, Bonchester Bridge, Hobkirk, Southdean, Hyndlee, Carter Bar, Abbotrule, Chesters, Scottish Borders.
1.7 miNE
Archaeological site
Catrail
45 min walk • The Catrail is a linear earthwork in Roxburghshire, southern Scotland. It runs from Robert's Linn, a burn flowing into the Slitrig Water, westward and north-westward to the head of the Dean Burn, a tributary of the Borthwick Water.