Buzzard’s Nest

Buzzard’s Nest is a parking area in Scotland, United Kingdom. Buzzard’s Nest is situated nearby to the park Forest Holidays Glentress Forest, as well as near the archaeological site Smithfield.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Horsburgh Castle and Kirn Law.

Horsburgh Castle

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Horsburgh Castle, also known as Horsbrugh Castle or Horsbrugh Tower, is a ruined tower house castle by the River Tweed, on the A72 road from Peebles to Galashiels, near Glentress in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Horsburgh Castle is situated 1¼ miles south of Buzzard’s Nest.

Kirn Law

Peak

Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirn Law is a peak.

Castle Hill

Peak

Photo: Chris Eilbeck, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle Hill is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peebles and Cardrona.

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.

Cardrona

Village

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cardrona is a village on the A72 and B7062, between Peebles and Innerleithen, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Glentress, Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, Kirkhouse, Traquair, and Walkerburn. Cardrona is situated 2 miles southeast of Buzzard’s Nest.

Innerleithen

Town

Photo: Dauntless111, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. Innerleithen is situated 4½ miles southeast of Buzzard’s Nest.

Buzzard’s Nest

Type: Parking area
Parking: surface
Category: transportation
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.65836° or 55° 39′ 30″ north

Longitude

-3.1495° or 3° 8′ 58″ west

Open location code

9C7RMV52+86

OpenStreetMap ID

way 107179052

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=parking

OpenStreetMap attribute

parking=surface

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