Cross Borders Drove Road, Hawick

Name: Cross Borders Drove Road
Address: Hawick, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Hawick

Hiking, Hiking trail

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The Cross Borders Drove Road is an 82-kilometre long hiking trail in the Borders region of Scotland. The route is based on the main route used by drovers who used to drive cattle from the markets at places such as Falkirk and Crieff southwards for sale in England. ()

Season: All yearCoordinates: 55°25'19"N, 2°47'13"W

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Hawick United Kingdom

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Cross Borders Drove Road – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rubers Law, Fatlips Castle, Hawick Library, Shankend.

4.8 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Rubers Law
124 min walk • Rubers Law is a prominent, conical hill in the Scottish Borders area of south-east Scotland. It stands on the south bank of the River Teviot, between the towns of Hawick and Jedburgh, and south of the village of Denholm.
6.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Fatlips Castle
161 min walk • Fatlips Castle is a peel tower in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. Situated at the top of Minto Crags, above the River Teviot, it was built in the 16th century by the Turnbulls of Barnhills, notorious Border reivers, and owners of nearby Barnhills Tower and farm.
0.4 miN
Library
Hawick Library, Hawick
10 min walk • Hawick Library is housed in the building built in 1904 in Hawick and it was one of the many libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie. The library is a Category B listed building.
5.4 miS
Bridge
Shankend
139 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.
3 miSW
Forts and castles
Branxholme Castle
76 min walk • Branxholme Castle is a five-storey tower at Branxholme, about 3 miles south-west of Hawick in the Borders region of Scotland.
6.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Barnhills Tower
173 min walk • Barnhills Tower was a 16th century tower house about 4.5 miles west of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, north of the River Teviot, on the high left bank of the Craigend Burn.
1.1 miNE
Sport venue, Sport
Mansfield Park
28 min walk • Mansfield Park is a rugby union ground in Hawick, Scotland, with a capacity of approximately 5,000. It is the home of Hawick Rugby Football Club, who currently play in the Scottish Premiership and Border League.
1.2 miNE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Albert Park
32 min walk • Albert Park is a football ground in Hawick in the Scottish Borders, which is the home of Lowland Football League club Hawick Royal Albert F.C.

Cross Borders Drove Road, Hawick

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Cross Borders Drove Road – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)