Cookoo Wood

Cookoo Wood is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Cookoo Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Muircleugh, as well as near Woodheads.

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.

Black Bull Hotel, 9 Market Place, Lauder

Hotel

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lauder and Stow of Wedale.

Lauder is a market town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Historically part of the historic county of Berwickshire, on the Southern Upland Way, the town lies near the Leader Water, and is approximately 53 miles southeast of Perth, 78 miles east-southeast of Glasgow, and 27 miles southeast of Edinburgh, on the western edge of the Lammermuir Hills.

Stow of Wedale

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stow of Wedale, or more often Stow, is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 7 miles north of Galashiels. In the 2011 Census the population was 718. It is served by Stow railway station.