Wairds Cemetery

Wairds Cemetery is a cemetery in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Wairds Cemetery is situated nearby to the chapel Borders Crematorium, as well as near the village Newstead.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eildon Hill and Priorwood Garden.

Eildon Hill

Archaeological site

Photo: Jenny Gumbrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eildon Hill lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town. The name is usually pluralised into "the Eildons" or "Eildon Hills", because of its triple peak. Eildon Hill is situated 3,200 feet south of Wairds Cemetery.

Priorwood Garden

Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Priorwood Garden is a garden in Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The garden contains an apple orchard of unusual apple trees. The flower garden is planted to supply the best samples for dry flower arrangements. Priorwood Garden is situated 3,100 feet west of Wairds Cemetery.

Harmony Garden

Garden

Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Harmony Garden is the garden of Harmony Hall which is in the town of Melrose, in the Scottish Borders, administered by the National Trust for Scotland. Harmony Garden is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Wairds Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newstead and Melrose.

Newstead

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newstead is a village in the Scottish Borders, about 1+1⁄4 miles east of Melrose. It has a population of approximately 260, according to the 2001 census.

Melrose

Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY 3.0.

Melrose is a town in the Borders Region of southern Scotland, with a population of 2,510 in 2016. It's nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, and service town for the Borders General Hospital.

Gattonside

Village

Photo: MH032, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gattonside is a small village in the Scottish Borders. It is located 1 kilometre north of Melrose, on the north side of the River Tweed. In 1143, the lands of Gattonside were granted to the monks of Melrose Abbey by David I of Scotland.

Wairds Cemetery

Type: Cemetery
Category: burial
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.59549° or 55° 35′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.70385° or 2° 42′ 14″ west

Open location code

9C7VH7WW+5F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 533264679

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

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