Traquair House
Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen and Cardrona Forest.
Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen
Museum
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Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen is a museum, which is situated 4,200 feet north of Traquair House.
Cardrona Forest
Forest
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cardrona Forest is a forest in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on in Tweed Valley, near Peebles. A nearby forest is Glentress Forest. The forest contains 2,000 years of Scottish history, and is home to ruins. Cardrona Forest is situated 2½ miles west of Traquair House.
Walkerburn War Memorial
Memorial
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Walkerburn War Memorial is situated 2 miles northeast of Traquair House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Traquair and Innerleithen.
Traquair
Village
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Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.
Innerleithen
Town
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Innerleithen is a civil parish and a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
Walkerburn
Village
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Walkerburn is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles from Peebles and 10 miles from Galashiels. It was founded in 1854 to house the workers for the tweed mills owned by the Ballantyne family. Walkerburn is situated 2 miles northeast of Traquair House.
Traquair House
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: tower house converted to country house in Traquair, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Categories: tower house, country house, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.60828° or 55° 36′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.06417° or 3° 3′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C7RJW5P+88OpenStreetMap ID
way 105504530OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1307609
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Swedish—“Traquair House” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Traquair House”
- French: “Traquair House”
- German: “Traquair House”
- Italian: “Traquair House”
- Japanese: “トラクエアハウス”
- Portuguese: “Traquair House”
- Swedish: “Traquair House”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wineglass Lawn and Moffat Allers Wood.
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