Bowhill House
Bowhill House is a historic house near Bowhill at Selkirk in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association, and is one of the homes of the Duke of Buccleuch.Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newark Castle and Philiphaugh Stadium.
Newark Castle
Ruins
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newark Tower is a large, ruined tower house standing in the grounds of Bowhill House, in the valley of the Yarrow Water three miles west of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. Newark Castle is situated 1 mile north of Bowhill House.
Philiphaugh Stadium
Recreation area
Philiphaugh is a rugby union ground in the Royal Burgh of Selkirk, Scotland with a capacity of approximately 6,000. It is the home of Selkirk Rugby Football Club, who currently play in Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership Division One and the Border League. Philiphaugh Stadium is situated 2 miles east of Bowhill House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Selkirk and Ettrickbridge.
Selkirk
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3 miles southwest of Bowhill House.
Ashkirk
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Ashkirk is situated 4½ miles southeast of Bowhill House.
Bowhill House
- Type: Building
- Description: country house in the Scottish Borders, UK
- Categories: country house, garden, and historic house museum
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.54051° or 55° 32′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.91179° or 2° 54′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C7VG3RQ+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 319609360OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q4950990
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Bowhill House” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bowhill House”
- Chinese: “鮑希爾莊園”
- Dutch: “Bowhill House”
- German: “Bowhill House”
- Hungarian: “Bowhill ház”
- Japanese: “ボウヒル・ハウス”
- Portuguese: “Bowhill house”
- Portuguese: “Bowhill House”
- Swedish: “Bowhill House”
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Highlights include The Cants and Egg Plantation.
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