Whitrope Siding
Whitrope Siding was a trailing short siding or spur off the "up" line, an associated trailing cross-over between up and down lines, a pair of railway cottages and a signal box on the Waverley Line or Waverley Route.Photo: Dougsim, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Whitrope Heritage Centre”
- Address: Whitrope, Hawick, TD9 9TY
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Whitrope Viaduct and Maiden Paps.
Whitrope Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitrope Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 840 feet southwest of Whitrope Siding.
Maiden Paps
Peak
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Maiden Paps are twin hills near Hawick, in the Scottish Borders of the south east of Scotland, so named because they have the shape of human breasts. Maiden Paps is situated 2 miles northwest of Whitrope Siding.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ninestane Rig and Saughtree.
Ninestane Rig
Locality
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ninestane Rig is a small stone circle in Scotland near the English border. Located in Roxburghshire, near to Hermitage Castle, it was probably made between 2000 BC and 1250 BC, during the Late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Ninestane Rig is situated 2 miles south of Whitrope Siding.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale. Saughtree is situated 3 miles southeast of Whitrope Siding.
Hermitage
Hamlet
Hermitage is a village near Newcastleton, on the B6399, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Hermitage is situated 3 miles southwest of Whitrope Siding.
Whitrope Siding
- Categories: museum, station, and transportation
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.29381° or 55° 17′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.74825° or 2° 44′ 54″ westOperator
Whitrope Heritage CentreNetwork
Whitrope Heritage CentreOpen location code
9C7V77V2+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 8737285723OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q7996783
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