Stichill
Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Stitchel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stichill Kirk and Floors Castle.
Stichill Kirk
Church
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stichill Kirk is an ancient church situated in the village of Stichill in the old county of Roxburghshire, now part of the Scottish Borders Council in Scotland.
Floors Castle
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Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress. Floors Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Stichill.
Hume Castle
Scenic viewpoint
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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. Hume Castle is situated 2 miles north of Stichill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ednam and Hume.
Ednam
Village
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Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Stichill, Sprouston, Nenthorn, Eccles, Gordon, Greenlaw as well as Floors Castle. Ednam is situated 1½ miles southeast of Stichill.
Hume
Village
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Hume is a village in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On the B6364, it lies 7 miles from Kelso, Roxburghshire. It is close to other villages and amenities, e.g. Brotherstone Hill, Smailholm, Smailholm Tower, Floors Castle, Stichill, Lambden, Nenthorn, Ednam, Birgham and Gordon. Hume is situated 2 miles north of Stichill.
Kelso
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Kelso is a small market town in the Borders region of southern Scotland, with a population of 6900 in 2020. Its name probably derives from Calk Heugh - the "chalk outcrop" which its two rivers cut through.
Stichill
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.63806° or 55° 38′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.45808° or 2° 27′ 29″ westElevation
427 feet (130 metres)Open location code
9C7VJGQR+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 384887049OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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