Quair Water

The Quair Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Its name is related to Traquair.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Traquair House and Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen.

Traquair House

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Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion.

Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen

Museum

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Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen is a museum.

Innerleithen Parish Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Traquair and Innerleithen.

Traquair

Village

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Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.

Innerleithen

Town

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Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 in 2022.

Walkerburn

Village

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Walkerburn is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles from Peebles and 10 miles from Galashiels. It was founded in 1854 to house the workers for the tweed mills owned by the Ballantyne family. Walkerburn is situated 2½ miles northeast of Quair Water.

Quair Water

Type: Stream
Description: watercourse in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, tributary of the River Tweed at Traquair
Categories: watercourse and body of water
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.6° or 55° 36′ north

Longitude

-3.06667° or 3° 4′ west

Elevation

512 feet (156 metres)

Open location code

9C7RHWXM+X8

GeoNames ID

2639813

Wikidata ID

Q15270391

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Quair Water” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Quair Water”
Cebuano: “Quair Water”
Dutch: “Quair Water”
Swedish: “Quair Water”

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