John Veitch Memorial Fountain

John Veitch Memorial Fountain is a fountain in Scottish Borders, Scotland. John Veitch Memorial Fountain is situated nearby to Tontine Hotel, High Street, Peebles, as well as near the art gallery Zenwalls Gallery.

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peebles Library and Peebles Old Parish Church.

Peebles Library

Library

Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Peebles Old Parish Church

Church

Photo: Tharnton345, Public domain.

The Old Parish Church of Peebles is one of several Christian churches in Peebles, Borders, Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. Dedicated on 29 March 1887, it lies at the end of the High Street. Peebles Old Parish Church is situated 470 feet west of John Veitch Memorial Fountain.

Cuddy Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Gordon Elliott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cuddy Bridge is situated 380 feet west of John Veitch Memorial Fountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peebles and Lyne.

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.

Lyne

Locality

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Lyne is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles west of the market town of Peebles; it lies off the A72, in the old county of Peeblesshire and has an area of about 4 square miles. Lyne is situated 3 miles west of John Veitch Memorial Fountain.

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. Cardrona is situated 3½ miles east of John Veitch Memorial Fountain.

John Veitch Memorial Fountain

Type: Fountain
Description: monument in Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Category: monument
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.65149° or 55° 39′ 5″ north

Longitude

-3.19077° or 3° 11′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C7RMR25+HM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7202203761

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=fountain

Wikidata ID

Q56645052

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Highlights include Tontine Hotel, High Street, Peebles and Zenwalls Gallery.

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