Whitmuir
Whitmuir is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Whitmuir is situated nearby to the hamlet Friarshawmuir, as well as near New Greenhill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Halliwells House Museum and Victoria Halls.
Halliwells House Museum
Museum
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Halliwells House Museum is situated 2 miles northwest of Whitmuir.
Victoria Halls
Town hall
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Victoria Halls is a town hall, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Whitmuir.
Sir Walter Scottʼs Courtroom
Museum
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Sir Walter Scottʼs Courtroom is a museum, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Whitmuir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selkirk and Lilliesleaf.
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.
Lilliesleaf
Village
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Lilliesleaf is a small village and civil parish 7 miles south east of Selkirk in the Roxburghshire area of Scottish Borders of Scotland. Other places nearby include Ancrum, Ashkirk, Belses, Hassendean, Midlem, Minto House, Old Belses, St Boswells, and Woll. Lilliesleaf is situated 2½ miles southeast of Whitmuir.
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 2½ miles north of Whitmuir.
Whitmuir
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.53206° or 55° 31′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.8011° or 2° 48′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C7VG5JX+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2530729571OpenStreetMap feature
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