Whitchesters Haugh Plantation

Whitchesters Haugh Plantation is a forest in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Whitchesters Haugh Plantation is situated nearby to the locality Branxholmbraes, as well as near the hamlet Damfoot.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Branxholme Castle and Stobs railway station.

Branxholme Castle

Dwelling

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Branxholme Castle is a five-storey tower at Branxholme, about 3 miles south-west of Hawick in the Borders region of Scotland.

Stobs railway station

Dwelling

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stobs railway station served the hamlet of Barnes, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1862 to 1969 on the Border Union Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hawick and Newmill-on-Teviot.

Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders, midway along the historic route from Carlisle to Edinburgh, with a population of 10,630 in 2020. The main reason to come is to explore the hills and forests above the town.

Newmill-on-Teviot

Hamlet

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newmill-on-Teviot, commonly called Newmill, is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders, 7 kilometres south of Hawick on the River Teviot. The remains of Allanmouth Tower, a 16th-century tower house, lie to the south-east of the settlement.

Wilton Dean

Quarter

Wilton Dean is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the Cala Burn, and close to the River Teviot. Along with Stirches and Burnfoot, Scottish Borders, Wilton Dean is now often considered to be a suburb of Hawick which is situated very close to the village.