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Bowden

Bowden is a village in the Roxburghshire area of the , situated 3 miles south of Melrose, 2 miles west of and tucked in the shadow of the Eildon Hills, .
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  • Type: Village with 223 residents
  • Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Bothanden” and “Bowden, Scottish Borders”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bowden Church and Bowden Bridge.

Church
Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.

Bridge
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jenny Gumbrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the , overlooking the town. The name is usually pluralised into "the Eildons" or "Eildon Hills", because of its triple peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newtown St Boswells and Melrose.

Village
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is a village in the council area, in south-east Scotland. The village lies south of the on the Sprouston and Newtown burns, approximately 40 miles south-east of . is situated 1½ miles northeast of Bowden.

Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY 3.0.
is a town in the Region of southern , with a population of 2,510 in 2016. It's nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, and service town for the Borders General Hospital.

Village
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is a village in the , about 1+1⁄4 miles east of . It has a population of approximately 260, according to the 2001 census. is situated 2½ miles north of Bowden.

Bowden

Latitude
55.56649° or 55° 33′ 59″ north
Longitude
-2.70842° or 2° 42′ 30″ west
Population
223
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BWE
Open location code
9C7VH78R+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 373846713
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2655070
Wiki­data ID
Q4950728
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Bowden” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bowden”
  • Cebuano: “Bowden”
  • Dutch: “Bowden”
  • German: “Bowden”
  • Japanese: “ボーデン”
  • Japanese: “ボウデン”
  • Swedish: “Bowden, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Bowden”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include The Green and The Bleaching Green.

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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 “Bowden”. Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.