Castle Strip

Castle Strip is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Castle Strip is situated near the village Cardrona, as well as near the hamlet Glenormiston.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kailzie Gardens and Horsburgh Castle.

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.

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.

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 Innerleithen.

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, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 in 2022.

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.

Castle Strip

Type: Forest
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.6305° or 55° 37′ 50″ north

Longitude

-3.1093° or 3° 6′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C7RJVJR+67

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1553482465

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Glenormiston and Horsbrugh Ford.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cardrona Tower and Roman Camp Wood.

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