Cardrona Ford
Cardrona Ford is a historic site in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Cardrona Ford is situated nearby to the bridge Horsburgh Railway Viaduct, as well as near the archaeological site Cardrona Standing Stone.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Horsburgh Railway Viaduct and Horsburgh Castle.
Horsburgh Railway Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horsburgh Railway Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 460 feet southwest of Cardrona Ford.
Horsburgh Castle
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horsburgh Castle, also known as Horsbrugh Castle or Horsbrugh Tower, is a ruined tower house castle by the River Tweed, on the A72 road from Peebles to Galashiels, near Glentress in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Horsburgh Castle is situated 1 mile west of Cardrona Ford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cardrona and Innerleithen.
Cardrona
Village
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardrona is a village on the A72 and B7062, between Peebles and Innerleithen, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Glentress, Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, Kirkhouse, Traquair, and Walkerburn.
Innerleithen
Town
Photo: Dauntless111, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 in 2022. Innerleithen is situated 2½ miles southeast of Cardrona Ford.
Peebles
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peebles is a town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 9000. The name is Brythonic: pebyll meant "tents" or a temporary dwelling place.
Cardrona Ford
- Type: Historic site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.64104° or 55° 38′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.11423° or 3° 6′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C7RJVRP+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 13974458529OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ford
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cardrona Standing Stone and Cardrona Ice House.
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