Charter Plantation
Charter Plantation is a coniferous forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Charter Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Charterhouse, as well as near Haymount.Places of Interest
Highlights include Smailholm Tower and Floors Castle.
Smailholm Tower
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Smailholm Tower is a peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles west of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelso and Smailholm.
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.
Smailholm
Village
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smailholm is a small village in the historic county of Roxburghshire in south-east Scotland. It is at grid reference NT648364 and straddles the B6397 Gordon to Kelso road.
Roxburgh
Village
Roxburgh is a village off the A699, by the River Teviot, near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It should not be confused with the historic royal burgh of Roxburgh, the site of which lies about 2 miles northeast of the present village.
Charter Plantation
- Type: Coniferous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.607° or 55° 36′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.5262° or 2° 31′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C7VJF4F+QGOpenStreetMap ID
way 142661045OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Charterhouse and Charterhouse Crossroads.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Charter Plantation and Cistern.
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