Gavinton
Gavinton is a small settlement in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 2 kilometres south-west of Duns, the former county town of Berwickshire. The hamlet sits on a minor road off the A6105 Duns to Greenlaw road at grid reference NT767521.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 201 residents
- Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Gavinton, Berwickshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Duns Castle and Berwickshire High School.
Duns Castle
Castle
Photo: Rich Tea, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320. The castle and most of the structures on the property are designated as a Category A listed building.
Berwickshire High School
School
Berwickshire High School is a six-year comprehensive school located west of Duns, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duns and Swinton.
Duns
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duns is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire.
Swinton
Village
Photo: John Whelan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swinton is a small village in the Scottish Borders. It is in the former county of Berwickshire, around 5 miles southeast of Duns, and 3 miles northwest of the Anglo-Scottish border. Swinton is situated 5 miles southeast of Gavinton.
Leitholm
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leitholm is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles north-west of Coldstream, in the former county of Berwickshire. Other places nearby include the Crosshall cross, Duns, Eccles, Ednam, Fogo, Greenlaw, Hume Castle, Polwarth, Westruther. Leitholm is situated 5 miles south of Gavinton.
Gavinton
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.76209° or 55° 45′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.37062° or 2° 22′ 14″ westPopulation
201Elevation
423 feet (129 metres)Open location code
9C7VQJ6H+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 372843079OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12263474Wikidata ID
Q5528322
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Gavinton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gavinton (Berwickshire)”
- Basque: “Gavinton”
- Dutch: “Gavinton”
- French: “Gavinton”
- Russian: “Гэвинтон”
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Explore places such as Langton and Langton Mill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gavinton Village Hall and Gavinton Kirk.
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