Ashkirk is a small village on the Ale Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located just off the A7 road, approximately 6 miles each way between Selkirk to the north and Hawick to the south.

Selkirk

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Selkirk is a market town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 4540. Its main trade of textiles has gone, and it's becoming a commuter town for Edinburgh, linked by the re-opened railway through nearby Galashiels.

Ettrickbridge

Village

Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ettrickbridge is a village situated in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, 7 miles from the nearby town of Selkirk. It sits on the B7009 road, which follows the Ettrick Water south-west from Selkirk, along the Ettrick Valley as far as Tushielaw. Ettrickbridge is situated 4 miles west of Loch Sike.

Loch Sike

Type: Body of water
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.50477° or 55° 30′ 17″ north

Longitude

-2.86852° or 2° 52′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C7VG43J+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 246732057

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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