Floors Castle
Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Springwood House and Kelso Abbey.
Springwood House
Archaeological site
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Springwood House is an archaeological site.
Kelso Abbey
Cemetery
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Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey in Kelso, Scotland. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelso and Ednam.
Kelso
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Kelso is a small market town in the Borders region of southern Scotland, with a population of 6900 in 2020. Its name probably derives from Calk Heugh - the "chalk outcrop" which its two rivers cut through.
Ednam
Village
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Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Stichill, Sprouston, Nenthorn, Eccles, Gordon, Greenlaw as well as Floors Castle. Ednam is situated 2½ miles northeast of Floors Castle.
Stichill
Village
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Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles north of the Burgh of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the English Border at Coldstream. Stichill is situated 2½ miles north of Floors Castle.
Floors Castle
- Type: Estate
- Description: country house in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland
- Categories: castle, country house, and agriculture
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Portuguese—“Floors Castle” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ֆլորզ ամրոց”
- Basque: “Floors gaztelua”
- Catalan: “Floors Castle”
- Chinese: “福羅爾斯城堡”
- Dutch: “Floors Castle”
- French: “Floors Castle”
- German: “Floors Castle”
- Hungarian: “Floors kastély”
- Italian: “Floors Castle”
- Japanese: “フロアズ城”
- Polish: “Zamek Floors”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Floors”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Roxburgh Castle and River Teviot.
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