Paxton
Paxton is a small village near the B6461 and the B6460, in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Borders region of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Paxton, Scottish Borders”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Paxton House and Halidon Hill.
Paxton House
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paxton House is a historic house at Paxton, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, a few miles south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, overlooking the River Tweed.
Halidon Hill
Peak
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halidon Hill is a summit, about 2 miles west of the centre of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the border of England and Scotland. It reaches 600 feet high. The name of the hill indicates that it once had a fortification on its top. Halidon Hill is situated 2½ miles northeast of Paxton.
Foulden Parish Church
Church
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Foulden Parish Church is situated 1½ miles north of Paxton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Low Cocklaw and Fishwick.
Low Cocklaw
Hamlet
Photo: Tom Brewis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Low Cocklaw is a small hamlet about 3 miles west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. Until the early 1980s it was a working farm but is now entirely residential. It is surrounded by rolling farmland which is dominated by cereal growing.
Fishwick
Hamlet
Fishwick is a parish with a small mediaeval village in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, in the traditional county of Berwickshire, seven miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed. Fishwick is situated 1½ miles southwest of Paxton.
Hutton
Village
Hutton is a small village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. Historically part of Berwickshire, it is a traditional, country village surrounded by farmland. Hutton is situated 1½ miles west of Paxton.
Paxton
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.77038° or 55° 46′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.10574° or 2° 6′ 21″ westElevation
164 feet (50 metres)Open location code
9C7VQVCV+5POpenStreetMap ID
node 429815110OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Paxton” goes by many names.
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