The High Wood
The High Wood is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. The High Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Springwood Village, as well as near Maisondieu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Floors Castle and Kelso Abbey.
Floors Castle
Photo: Hogweard, Public domain.
Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress.
Kelso Abbey
Cemetery
Photo: Scotfocus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey in Kelso, Scotland. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I.
Kelso Town Hall
Tourism office
Photo: ArchHist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kelso Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square, Kelso, Scotland. The building, which was the headquarters of Kelso Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelso and Roxburgh.
Kelso
Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kelso is a small market town in the Borders region of southern Scotland, with a population of 6900 in 2020. Its name probably derives from Calk Heugh - the "chalk outcrop" which its two rivers cut through.
Roxburgh
Village
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roxburgh is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland.
Ednam
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Stichill, Sprouston, Nenthorn, Eccles, Gordon, Greenlaw as well as Floors Castle.
The High Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.5882° or 55° 35′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.4463° or 2° 26′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C7VHHQ3+7FOpenStreetMap ID
way 103153428OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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