Broadmeadows
Broadmeadows is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A708 near Selkirk. It is known for having Scotland's first youth hostel, which was converted from a row of four cottages by the late William Stewart Morton, and opened by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association as Broadmeadows Youth Hostel on 2 May 1931.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Broadmeadows, Scottish Borders”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Newark Castle and Bowhill House.
Newark Castle
Ruins
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newark Tower is a large, ruined tower house standing in the grounds of Bowhill House, in the valley of the Yarrow Water three miles west of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders.
Bowhill House
Building
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bowhill House is a historic house near Bowhill at Selkirk in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association, and is one of the homes of the Duke of Buccleuch. Bowhill House is situated 1½ miles southeast of Broadmeadows.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashiestiel and Caddonfoot.
Ashiestiel
Locality
Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashiestiel is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the Parish of Caddonfoot, on the south side of the River Tweed, 4m east of Innerleithen. Ashiestiel is situated 3½ miles north of Broadmeadows.
Caddonfoot
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Caddonfoot is a village on the River Tweed, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A707, near Galashiels. The village is at the mouth of the Caddon Water Other places nearby include Boleside, Broadmeadows, Scottish Borders, Buckholm, Clovenfords, Darnick, Gattonside, Innerleithen, Lindean, Melrose, Selkirk, Stow, Traquair, Tweedbank, Yarrow. Caddonfoot is situated 3½ miles northeast of Broadmeadows.
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.
Broadmeadows
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.56174° or 55° 33′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.93286° or 2° 55′ 58″ westElevation
758 feet (231 metres)Open location code
9C7VH368+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 3983328429OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Dutch—“Broadmeadows” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Broadmeadows”
- Dutch: “Broadmeadows, Scottish Borders”
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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 “Broadmeadows”. Photo: Andrew Bowden, CC BY-SA 2.0.