Guiding Star
Guiding Star is a memorial in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Guiding Star is situated nearby to the stone Burnmouth, as well as near the locality Lamberton Skerrs.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ayton Parish Church and Eyemouth transmitting station.
Ayton Parish Church
Church
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayton and Burnmouth Parish Church is a member church of the Church of Scotland, serving the communities of Ayton and Burnmouth in the Scottish Borders. Ayton Parish Church is situated 1½ miles west of Guiding Star.
Eyemouth transmitting station
Tower
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. Eyemouth transmitting station is situated 1 mile south of Guiding Star.
Ayton Castle
Building
Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayton Castle is located to the east of Ayton in the Scottish Borders. It is 9 kilometres north-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in the former county of Berwickshire. Ayton Castle is situated 1½ miles west of Guiding Star.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnmouth and Lamberton Skerrs.
Burnmouth
Village
Photo: A15773, Public domain.
Burnmouth is a small fishing village located adjacent to the A1 road on the east coast of Scotland. It is the first village in Scotland on the A1, after crossing the border with England.
Lamberton Skerrs
Locality
Photo: Gator MacReady, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lamberton Skerrs is towards the southernmost point on the east coast of Scotland. It was the scene of a building known as the "Smuggler's Bothy" which was built by the famous smuggler John Robertson in about 1760 and stands on the cliffs overlooking the North Sea. Lamberton Skerrs is situated 2 miles southeast of Guiding Star.
Ayton
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayton is a small village located in the historic county of Berwickshire, today part of the Scottish Borders region. It is on the Eye Water, from which it is said to take its name: Ayton means 'Eye-town'. Ayton is situated 2 miles west of Guiding Star.
Guiding Star
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.84538° or 55° 50′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.07708° or 2° 4′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C7VRWWF+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 6061445486OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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