Kelso Races
Kelso Races is an athletics track in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Kelso Races is situated nearby to the grassland Paddock, as well as near Kelso New Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Floors Castle and Kelso Abbey.
Floors Castle
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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. Floors Castle is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Kelso Races.
Kelso Abbey
Cemetery
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Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey in Kelso, Scotland. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I. Kelso Abbey is situated 1 mile south of Kelso Races.
Kelso Town Hall
Tourism office
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Kelso Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square, Kelso, Scotland. The building, which was the headquarters of Kelso Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building. Kelso Town Hall is situated 1 mile south of Kelso Races.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelso and Ednam.
Kelso
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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.
Ednam
Village
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Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Floors Castle is nearby. The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon "Edenham", i.e. the town on Eden Water.
Sprouston
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sprouston is a village, parish and former feudal barony in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, as well as the historic county of Roxburghshire, located 2 miles north-east of Kelso. Sprouston is situated 1½ miles east of Kelso Races.
Kelso Races
- Type: Athletics track
- Categories: horse racing, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.61313° or 55° 36′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.43277° or 2° 25′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C7VJH78+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 143690026OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=trackOpenStreetMap feature
sport=horse_racing
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