Swinton
Swinton is a small village in the Scottish Borders. It is in the former county of Berwickshire, around 5 miles southeast of Duns, and 3 miles northwest of the Anglo-Scottish border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Whelan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Swinton and Simprin” and “Swinton, Scottish Borders”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitsome and Leitholm.
Whitsome
Village
Whitsome is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Ladykirk, Leitholm and Swinton. Whitsome is situated 2½ miles northeast of Swinton.
Leitholm
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leitholm is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles north-west of Coldstream, in the former county of Berwickshire. Other places nearby include the Crosshall cross, Duns, Eccles, Ednam, Fogo, Greenlaw, Hume Castle, Polwarth, Westruther. Leitholm is situated 3½ miles southwest of Swinton.
Blackadder House
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Blackadder House was an estate and stately house near the village of Allanton, in Berwickshire, Scotland. It was built on the site of the earlier Blackadder Castle. Blackadder House is situated 4½ miles north of Swinton.
Swinton
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.71985° or 55° 43′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.26405° or 2° 15′ 51″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SWTOpen location code
9C7VPP9P+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 366505321OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2636371Wikidata ID
Q7658777
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Swinton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Swinton”
- Catalan: “Swinton”
- Chinese: “斯温顿”
- Dutch: “Swinton”
- Irish: “Swinton”
- Japanese: “スウィントン”
- Scots: “Swinton”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Swinton”
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Localities in the Area
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