Bowhill
Bowhill is a village off the A708, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near Selkirk, by the Yarrow Water Other places nearby include Bowhill House, Boleside, Broadmeadows, Ettrickbridge, Kirkhope.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bowhill, Scottish Borders”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bowhill House and Newark Castle.
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.
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.
Philiphaugh Stadium
Recreation area
Philiphaugh is a rugby union ground in the Royal Burgh of Selkirk, Scotland with a capacity of approximately 6,000. It is the home of Selkirk Rugby Football Club, who currently play in Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership Division One and the Border League. Philiphaugh Stadium is situated 1½ miles east of Bowhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selkirk and Ettrickbridge.
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.
Ettrickbridge
Village
Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ettrickbridge is a village situated in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, 7 miles from the nearby town of Selkirk. It sits on the B7009 road, which follows the Ettrick Water south-west from Selkirk, along the Ettrick Valley as far as Tushielaw. Ettrickbridge is situated 3½ miles southwest of Bowhill.
Lindean
Village
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. Lindean is situated 4 miles northeast of Bowhill.
Bowhill
- Category: village
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Bowhill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bowhill”
- Dutch: “Bowhill”
- French: “Bowhill”
- Japanese: “ボウヒル”
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Localities in the Area
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