Old Howford

Old Howford is a hamlet in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Old Howford is situated nearby to the hamlet Glenormiston, as well as near the town Innerleithen.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Traquair House and Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen.

Traquair House

Photo: marsroverdriver, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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.

Innerleithen Parish Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Innerleithen and Cardrona.

Innerleithen

Town

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Innerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 in 2022.

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.

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. Traquair is situated 2 miles southeast of Old Howford.

Old Howford

Type: Hamlet
Categories: residential area and locality
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.62102° or 55° 37′ 16″ north

Longitude

-3.09285° or 3° 5′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C7RJWC4+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 504867057

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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