Grieston Quarry
Grieston Quarry is a quarry in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Grieston Quarry is situated nearby to the forest Chester Strip, as well as near the peak Wallace’s Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Traquair House and Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen.
Traquair House
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Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion. Traquair House is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Grieston Quarry.
Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen
Museum
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Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen is a museum, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Grieston Quarry.
Innerleithen Parish Church
Church
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Innerleithen Parish Church is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Grieston Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Innerleithen and Traquair.
Innerleithen
Town
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Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
Traquair
Village
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Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.
Cardrona
Village
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Cardrona is a village on the A72 and B7062, between Peebles and Innerleithen, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Glentress, Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, Kirkhouse, Traquair, and Walkerburn. Cardrona is situated 1½ miles north of Grieston Quarry.
Grieston Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.61471° or 55° 36′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.09117° or 3° 5′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C7RJW75+VGOpenStreetMap ID
way 504867013OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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