Acreknowe Strip

Acreknowe Strip is a forest in , . Acreknowe Strip is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stobs railway station and Branxholme Castle.

Dwelling
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
served the hamlet of Barnes, , Scotland from 1862 to 1969 on the Border Union Railway.

Dwelling
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a five-storey tower at Branxholme, about 3 miles south-west of in the region of .

Church
Photo: Mark Hope, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawick and Newmill-on-Teviot.

Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the , midway along the historic route from Carlisle to Edinburgh, with a population of 10,630 in 2020. The main reason to come is to explore the hills and forests above the town.

Hamlet
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, commonly called Newmill, is a hamlet in the , 7 kilometres south of on the . The remains of Allanmouth Tower, a 16th-century tower house, lie to the south-east of the settlement.

Quarter
is a village in the area of , on the Cala Burn, and close to the . Along with and , is now often considered to be a suburb of which is situated very close to the village.

Acreknowe Strip

Latitude
55.3813° or 55° 22′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.7993° or 2° 47′ 57″ west
Open location code
9C7V96J2+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 240237001
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
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Satellite Map

Discover Acreknowe Strip from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Winningtonrig and Winnington Moss.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Acreknowe Reservoir and Stobs Camp (abandoned).

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