Hawick Library, Hawick

Name: Hawick Library
Address: North Bridge Street, Hawick, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Hawick

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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. The library, designed by J N Scott and Alexander Lorne Campbell, is a 2-storey, rectangular-plan Free Style library with a prominent corner entrance tower and round-arched gables. The library is described as "a good example of early-20th-century civic architecture." ()

Coordinates: 55°25'39"N, 2°47'6"W

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North Bridge StreetHawick United Kingdom

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Day trips

Hawick Library – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rubers Law, Fatlips Castle, Cross Borders Drove Road, Branxholme Castle.

4.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Rubers Law
121 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 miNE
Forts and castles
Fatlips Castle
154 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 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Cross Borders Drove Road, Hawick
10 min walk • 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.
3.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Branxholme Castle
84 min walk • Branxholme Castle is a five-storey tower at Branxholme, about 3 miles south-west of Hawick in the Borders region of Scotland.
6.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Barnhills Tower
165 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.
0.8 miNE
Sport venue, Sport
Mansfield Park
21 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 miNE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Albert Park
25 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.