Bonchester Bridge

Bonchester Bridge is a village in Roxburghshire, within the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, lying on the Rule Water, six miles away from the market town of Hawick.

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Abbotrule Church and Rubers Law.

Abbotrule Church

Ruins

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abbotrule Church is a ruins, which is situated 1½ miles east of Bonchester Bridge.

Rubers Law

Peak

Photo: Silence-is-infinite, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rubers Law is a prominent, conical hill in the Scottish Borders area of south-east Scotland. It stands on the south bank of the River Teviot, between the towns of Hawick and Jedburgh, and south of the village of Denholm. Rubers Law is situated 2 miles north of Bonchester Bridge.

Henlawshiel Obelisk

Memorial

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Henlawshiel Obelisk is a memorial, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bonchester Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hobkirk and Wauchope.

Hobkirk

Village

Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hobkirk is a village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by the Rule Water, south-west of Jedburgh and south-east of Hawick. Other places nearby include Abbotrule, Bonchester Bridge, Camptown, Hallrule, Bedrule, Southdean, Denholm, Rubers Law, and the Wauchope Forest.

Wauchope

Hamlet

Wauchope is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders council area of Scotland, near Southdean. Wauchope House was demolished in 1932. Wauchope is situated 2½ miles south of Bonchester Bridge.

Bonchester Bridge

Type: Village with 135 residents
Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Category: locality
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.40026° or 55° 24′ 1″ north

Longitude

-2.65567° or 2° 39′ 20″ west

Population

135

Elevation

459 feet (140 metres)

Open location code

9C7VC82V+4P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 250981997

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2655219

Wikidata ID

Q4941237

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Bonchester Bridge” goes by many names.

Basque: “Bonchester Bridge”
Dutch: “Bonchester Bridge”
French: “Bonchester Bridge”
Polish: “Bonchester Bridge”
Scots: “Binster Brig”
Urdu: “بونچیسٹر برج”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include William Laidlaw Hall and Bonchester Bank.

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