Lindean
Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, nearer to their houses, and a coble boat was to be provided to ferry the dead over the Tweed if required.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Victoria Halls and Halliwells House Museum.
Victoria Halls
Town hall
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Victoria Halls is a town hall, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Lindean.
Halliwells House Museum
Museum
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Halliwells House Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Lindean.
Sir Walter Scottʼs Courtroom
Museum
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sir Walter Scottʼs Courtroom is a museum, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Lindean.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boleside and Selkirk.
Boleside
Hamlet
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Boleside is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B7060, south of Galashiels. It is very close to the place where the Ettrick Water joins the River Tweed.
Selkirk
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Selkirk is a market town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 4540. Its main trade of textiles has gone, and it's becoming a commuter town for Edinburgh, linked by the re-opened railway through nearby Galashiels.
Tweedbank
Village
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Tweedbank is a town south-east of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. It is part of the county of Roxburghshire. It is an outer suburb of Galashiels, on the other side of the River Tweed. The population of Tweedbank at the latest census is 2,101. Tweedbank is situated 3 miles northeast of Lindean.
Lindean
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.57105° or 55° 34′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.81062° or 2° 48′ 38″ westElevation
351 feet (107 metres)Open location code
9C7VH5CQ+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2192627703OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Lindean” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lindean”
- Dutch: “Lindean”
- French: “Lindean”
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Highlights include Bailhill Wood and Lindean Church.
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