Moorfoot Hills
The Moorfoot Hills are a range of hills south of Edinburgh in east central Scotland, one of the ranges which collectively form the Southern Uplands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Frances Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Region
- Description: range of hills in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Moorfoots”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Peatrig Hill and Blackhope Scar.
Peatrig Hill
Peak
Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peatrig Hill is a minor hill in Scotland, located about 15 km south-southeast of Edinburgh. One of the Moorfoot Hills, it is located in the parish of Heriot in the Scottish Borders Council Area.
Blackhope Scar
Peak
Photo: Iangpark, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blackhope Scar is a hill in the Moorfoot Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies to the northeast of the town of Peebles and is the second highest of the Moorfoot Hills after Windlestraw Law.
Whitehope Law
Peak
Whitehope Law is a hill in the Moorfoot Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. A relatively isolated hill, it is frequently climbed on its own from the B709 road to its south and east. A farm to the south lends its name to the hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cardrona and Heriot.
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.
Heriot
Village
Heriot is a small village in the Moorfoot Hills southeast of Edinburgh, Scotland, within Eildon. The village comprises some 150 dwellings, spread over a geographical area of around 50 square miles, most of which is moorland.
Walkerburn
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Moorfoot Hills
- Categories: hill chain, mountain range, and locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.711° or 55° 42′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.0482° or 3° 2′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C7RPX62+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1318228190OpenStreetMap feature
natural=mountain_rangeOpenStreetMap feature
place=regionWikidata ID
Q6908381
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Moorfoot Hills” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Moorfoot Hills”
- Dutch: “Moorfoot Hills”
- German: “Moorfoot Hills”
- Swedish: “Moorfoot Hills”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Moorfoot Hills”. Photo: Frances Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.