Horsburgh Castle
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.Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kailzie Gardens and Castle Hill.
Kailzie Gardens
Garden
Photo: Kay Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kailzie Gardens is a walled garden near Kirkburn in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the Tweed valley, 2.5 miles east of Peebles, off the B7062. Kailzie Gardens is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Horsburgh Castle.
Horsburgh Railway Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Horsburgh Railway Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 1 mile east of Horsburgh Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cardrona and Peebles.
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.
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.
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 3 miles southeast of Horsburgh Castle.
Horsburgh Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Categories: castle, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.64081° or 55° 38′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.13721° or 3° 8′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C7RJVR7+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 107603021OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5905333
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Horsburgh Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Horsburgh Castle”
- German: “Horsburgh Castle”
- Turkish: “Horsburgh Kalesi”
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Highlights include St Leonard’s Hospital and Wild Watch.
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