Blackchester
Blackchester is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Blackchester is situated nearby to the locality Midburn, as well as near the hamlet Blackburn.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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lauder and Oxton.
Lauder
Village
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The former Royal Burgh of Lauder is a town in the Scottish Borders in the historic county of Berwickshire. On the Southern Upland Way, the burgh lies 27 miles southeast of Edinburgh, on the western edge of the Lammermuir Hills.
Oxton
Village
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Oxton is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, just off the A68. It is 4+1⁄2 miles north of Lauder, and 20 mi southeast of the centre of Edinburgh, yet in a quiet rural position.
Addinston
Hamlet
Addinston is a farming village, off the A697, close to the Carfraemill roundabout, with two hill forts and settlements, in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire.
Blackchester
- Type: Forest
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.7448° or 55° 44′ 41″ northLongitude
-2.7851° or 2° 47′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C7VP6V7+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 373562472OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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