Kershope Burn

Kershope Burn is a burn running in its entirety along the border between England and Scotland. The river rises, as Clark's Sike, in a marshy area in Kielder Forest Northumberland known as Hobb's Flow, before becoming Kershope Burn after running by Kershopehead, a farmstead in Cumbria.

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mangerton Tower.

Mangerton Tower

Ruins

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mangerton Tower is a ruined Scottish tower castle house formerly belonging to the Armstrong family. Mangerton Tower is at Mangerton in Newcastleton or Castleton parish in Roxburghshire, close to the border between England and Scotland, on the banks of the Liddel Water. Mangerton Tower is situated 2 miles north of Kershope Burn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kershopefoot and Newcastleton.

Kershopefoot

Hamlet

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Kershopefoot is a small hamlet in Cumbria, England, traditionally in Cumberland. It is located very close to the Scotland-England border and is near the Kershope Burn and the Liddel Water.

Newcastleton

Village

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Newcastleton, also called Copshaw Holm, is a village in Liddesdale, the Scottish Borders, a few miles from the border with England, on the Liddel Water. Newcastleton is situated 3 miles north of Kershope Burn.

Catlowdy

Hamlet

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Catlowdy is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It contains the Bessiestown Country Guest House. Its name derives possibly from "cack lady", a nickname for a nearby stream. Catlowdy is situated 3½ miles south of Kershope Burn.

Kershope Burn

Type: Stream
Description: river forming part of the border between Cumbria, England, and Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, tributary of Liddel Water
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.13333° or 55° 8′ north

Longitude

-2.81667° or 2° 49′ west

Elevation

427 feet (130 metres)

Open location code

9C7V45MM+88

GeoNames ID

2645765

Wikidata ID

Q6394741

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Kershope Burn” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Kershope Burn”
Cebuano: “Kershope Burn”
German: “Kershope Burn”
Scots: “Kershope Burn”
Swedish: “Kershope Burn”

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