Black Strip
Black Strip is a coniferous forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Black Strip is situated nearby to the hamlet Huntington, as well as near Newbigging.Places of Interest
Highlights include Thirlestane Castle and Black Bull Hotel, 9 Market Place, Lauder.
Thirlestane Castle
Museum
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thirlestane Castle is a castle set in extensive parklands near Lauder in the Borders of Scotland. The site is aptly named Castle Hill, as it stands upon raised ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lauder and Addinston.
Lauder
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The former Royal Burgh of Lauder is a town in the Scottish Borders in the historic county of Berwickshire. On the Southern Upland Way, the burgh lies 27 miles southeast of Edinburgh, on the western edge of the Lammermuir Hills.
Addinston
Hamlet
Addinston is a farming village, off the A697, close to the Carfraemill roundabout, with two hill forts and settlements, in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire.
Oxton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxton is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, just off the A68. It is 4+1⁄2 miles north of Lauder, and 20 mi southeast of the centre of Edinburgh, yet in a quiet rural position.
Black Strip
- Type: Coniferous forest
- Category: forest
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.7358° or 55° 44′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.7306° or 2° 43′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C7VP7P9+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 209292364OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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