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Innerleithen

Innerleithen is a civil parish and a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the . It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
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Places of Interest

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

Museum
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is a museum.

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, approximately 7 miles southeast of , 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.

Forest
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The is a forest in the area of , on in Tweed Valley, near . A nearby forest is . The forest contains 2,000 years of Scottish history, and is home to ruins. is situated 2½ miles west of Innerleithen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Traquair and Walkerburn.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in the ; 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.

Village
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is a small village in the area of , on the A72 about 8 miles from and 10 miles from . It was founded in 1854 to house the workers for the tweed mills owned by the Ballantyne family. is situated 2 miles east of Innerleithen.

Village
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is a village on the A72 and B7062, between and Innerleithen, in the area of . Places nearby include Glentress, Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, Kirkhouse, , and . is situated 2 miles northwest of Innerleithen.

Innerleithen

Latitude
55.61907° or 55° 37′ 9″ north
Longitude
-3.06338° or 3° 3′ 48″ west
Population
3,110
Elevation
486 feet (148 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ITH
Open location code
9C7RJW9P+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33593432
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2646172
Wiki­data ID
Q1010316
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Innerleithen” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Innerleithen”
  • Basque: “Innerleithen”
  • Bulgarian: “Инерлеитхен”
  • Cebuano: “Innerleithen”
  • Chinese: “因纳利森”
  • Dutch: “Innerleithen”
  • French: “Innerleithen”
  • German: “Innerleithen”
  • Hebrew: “אינרליית’ן”
  • Irish: “Inbhir Leithean”
  • Italian: “Innerleithen”
  • Persian: “اینرلیتن”
  • Scots: “Henderleithen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Inbhir Leithean”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Inbhir Liathain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Inbhir Lìteann”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Innerleithen”
  • Spanish: “Innerleithen”
  • Swedish: “Innerleithen”
  • Welsh: “Inbhir Leithean”
  • Welsh: “Innerleithen”
  • “Inbhir Leithean”
  • “Innerleithen”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Innerleithen”. Photo: Dauntless111, CC BY-SA 3.0.