Edston Wood
Edston Wood is a coniferous forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Edston Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Lyne Station, as well as near the locality Barns.Places of Interest
Highlights include Neidpath Castle and Lyne Kirk.
Neidpath Castle
Photo: Dannie Calder, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Neidpath Castle is an L-plan rubble-built tower house, overlooking the River Tweed about 1 mile west of Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The castle is both a wedding venue and filming location and can be viewed by appointment.
Lyne Kirk
Church
Photo: adam sommerville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyne Kirk is an ancient and historic kirk or church, of the Church of Scotland. It is situated on top of a mound adjacent to the A72 trunk route 4.5 miles west of Peebles in the ancient county of Peeblesshire, now in the Scottish Borders area, and governed by the Scottish Borders Council.
Neidpath Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Neidpath Viaduct, occasionally known as the Queen's Bridge, consists of eight stone skew arches and was built to carry the Symington to Peebles branch line of the Caledonian Railway over the River Tweed to the south-west of Neidpath Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peebles and Lyne.
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.
Lyne
Locality
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lyne is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles west of the market town of Peebles; it lies off the A72, in the old county of Peeblesshire and has an area of about 4 square miles.
Edston Wood
- Type: Coniferous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.6505° or 55° 39′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.2513° or 3° 15′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C7RMP2X+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 207093516OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lyne Station and Barns.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Edston Wood and Edston Hill.
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