Peebles

Peebles is a town in the , with a population in 2020 of 9000. The name is Brythonic: pebyll meant "tents" or a temporary dwelling place.
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  • Type: Town with 8,380 residents
  • Description: town in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “ピーブルス”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Neidpath Castle and Cross Kirk.

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is an L-plan rubble-built tower house…

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Theater building
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is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cardrona and Lyne.

Village
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is a village on the A72 and B7062, between… is situated 3½ miles east of Peebles.

Locality
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is a small village and civil parish in the… is situated 3 miles west of Peebles.

Peebles

Latitude
55.6518° or 55° 39′ 6″ north
Longitude
-3.1885° or 3° 11′ 19″ west
Population
8,380
Elevation
558 feet (170 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB PEE
Open location code
9C7RMR26+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 59664556
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2640526
Wiki­data ID
Q1011507
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Peebles” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Peebles”
  • Basque: “Peebles”
  • Cebuano: “Peebles”
  • Chinese: “皮布尔斯”
  • Czech: “Peebles”
  • Danish: “Peebles”
  • Dutch: “Peebles”
  • French: “Peebles”
  • German: “Peebles”
  • Irish: “Na Púballan”
  • Irish: “Na Pùballan”
  • Italian: “Peebles”
  • Japanese: “ピーブルズ”
  • Korean: “피블스”
  • Latvian: “Pīblsa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Peebles”
  • Persian: “پیبلز”
  • Polish: “Peebles”
  • Russian: “Пиблс”
  • Scots: “Peebles”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na Pùballan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Peebles”
  • Slovak: “Peebles”
  • Spanish: “Peebles”
  • Swedish: “Peebles, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Peebles”
  • Turkish: “Peebles”
  • Welsh: “Na Pùballan”
  • Welsh: “Peebles”
  • “Peebles”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: New Town and Callants Corner.

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