Long Plantation
Long Plantation is a coniferous forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Long Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Ploughlands, as well as near Broomhall.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mertoun House and Smailholm Tower.
Mertoun House
Photo: John Vigar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mertoun House is a country house situated by the River Tweed, 2 miles east of St Boswells in the Scottish Borders. It is home to the Duke of Sutherland.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Boswells and Newtown St Boswells.
St Boswells
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Boswells is a village on the south side of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, about 1 mile southeast of Newtown St Boswells on the A68 road. It lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Roxburghshire.
Newtown St Boswells
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtown St Boswells is a village in the Scottish Borders council area, in south-east Scotland. The village lies south of the Eildon Hills on the Sprouston and Newtown burns, approximately 40 miles south-east of Edinburgh.
Maxton
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maxton is a hamlet and civil parish in Roxburghshire, Scotland, and part of the Scottish Borders region. Maxton lies just off the A68, south of St. Boswells, north of Ancrum, and east of Newtown St.
Long Plantation
- Type: Coniferous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.5715° or 55° 34′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.5975° or 2° 35′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C7VHCC2+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 155578957OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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