Old Pink Strip

Old Pink Strip is a coniferous forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Old Pink Strip is situated nearby to the hamlet Minto Kames, as well as near the locality Minto Hills.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fatlips Castle and Leyden Monument, the Green, Denholm.

Fatlips Castle

Castle

Photo: Steelecf, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fatlips Castle is a peel tower in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. Situated at the top of Minto Crags, above the River Teviot, it was built in the 16th century by the Turnbulls of Barnhills, notorious Border reivers, and owners of nearby Barnhills Tower and farm.

Leyden Monument, the Green, Denholm

Monument

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Denholm, Westgate, War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Denholm and Lilliesleaf.

Denholm

Village

Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Denholm is a small village located between Jedburgh and Hawick in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. The estimated population of Denholm is 600. There is a village green in the centre.

Lilliesleaf

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lilliesleaf is a small village and civil parish 7 miles south east of Selkirk in the Roxburghshire area of Scottish Borders of Scotland. Other places nearby include Ancrum, Ashkirk, Belses, Hassendean, Midlem, Minto House, Old Belses, St Boswells, and Woll.

Hassendean

Hamlet

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hassendean is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders south of Edinburgh, Scotland. The stream is the Hassendean Burn which flows down to the River Teviot five miles away.

Old Pink Strip

Type: Coniferous forest
Category: forest
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.4881° or 55° 29′ 17″ north

Longitude

-2.6958° or 2° 41′ 45″ west

Open location code

9C7VF8Q3+6M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 360805189

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Minto Kames and Minto Hills.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Knockknowe Plantation and New Pink Strip.

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