Skirling

Skirling is a parish, community council area and village in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders situated 2+1⁄2 miles east of Biggar in Lanarkshire. Biggar Water, a tributary the River Tweed forms the southern boundary of the parish with the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho.

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kello Hospital and Biggar Corn Exchange.

Kello Hospital

Hospital

Kello Hospital is a health facility in John's Loan, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Lanarkshire. Kello Hospital is situated 2 miles southwest of Skirling.

Biggar Corn Exchange

Community center

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Biggar Corn Exchange is a commercial building in the High Street, Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The structure, which is now used as a theatre, is a Category B listed building. Biggar Corn Exchange is situated 2 miles west of Skirling.

Biggar High School

School

Biggar High School is a secondary school located in the town of Biggar, South Lanarkshire. Biggar High School is situated 2½ miles southwest of Skirling.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Biggar and Kilbucho.

Biggar

Photo: Fox-Talbot, Public domain.

Biggar is a market town historically in Lanarkshire and now within Clydesdale. It's nowadays a commuter town for both Edinburgh and Glasgow, and in 2020 had a population of 2640. Its attractions are a rare combination: a gasworks museum and a puppet theatre.

Kilbucho

Hamlet

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Kilbucho is a small settlement in the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland in Peeblesshire and near Biggar and Broughton. Kilbucho is situated 2½ miles south of Skirling.

Broughton

Village

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Broughton is a village in Tweeddale in the historical county of Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders council area, in the south of Scotland, in the civil parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho and Upper Tweed Community Council. Broughton is situated 3 miles southeast of Skirling.

Skirling

Type: Village with 194 residents
Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Categories: parish, parish, and locality
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.63641° or 55° 38′ 11″ north

Longitude

-3.4685° or 3° 28′ 7″ west

Population

194

Elevation

741 feet (226 metres)

Open location code

9C7RJGPJ+HH

OpenStreetMap ID

node 227156829

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2637696

Wikidata ID

Q28448202

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