Castle Banks

Castle Banks is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Castle Banks is situated nearby to the quarter Old Town, as well as near the locality Callants Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neidpath Castle and Cross Kirk.

Neidpath Castle

Photo: Dannie Calder, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Neidpath Castle is an L-plan rubble-built tower house, overlooking the River Tweed about 1 mile west of Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The castle is both a wedding venue and filming location and can be viewed by appointment.

Cross Kirk

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles

Theater building

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles is a theater building.

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

Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Eddleston

Village

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Eddleston is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It lies 4 miles north of Peebles and 9 miles south of Penicuik on the A703, which passes through the centre of the village.

Castle Banks

Type: Forest
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.6528° or 55° 39′ 10″ north

Longitude

-3.2183° or 3° 13′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C7RMQ3J+4M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1008048623

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Localities in the Area

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