Over Whitlaw
Over Whitlaw is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Over Whitlaw is situated nearby to the hamlet Nether Whitlaw, as well as near Prieston.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Selkirk transmitting station and Bowden Church.
Selkirk transmitting station
The Selkirk transmitting station is a telecommunications facility located next to Lindean Loch, near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. It includes a 229.1 metres high guyed steel lattice mast, surmounted by a UHF television transmitting antenna array, which brings the overall height of the structure to 238.8 metres.Bowden Church
Church
Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.
Bowden Church is situated 2½ miles east of Over Whitlaw.
Bowden Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bowden Bridge is situated 2½ miles east of Over Whitlaw.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindean and Bowden.
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 2 miles west of Over Whitlaw.
Bowden
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowden is a village in the Roxburghshire area of the Scottish Borders, situated 3 miles south of Melrose, 2 miles west of Newtown St Boswells and tucked in the shadow of the Eildon Hills, Scotland. Bowden is situated 2½ miles east of Over Whitlaw.
Boleside
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boleside is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B7060, south of Galashiels. It is very close to the place where the Ettrick Water joins the River Tweed. Boleside is situated 2½ miles northwest of Over Whitlaw.
Over Whitlaw
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.56123° or 55° 33′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.76674° or 2° 46′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C7VH66M+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2546374144OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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