Hawthornden Castle
Hawthornden Castle is located on the River North Esk in Midlothian, Scotland. The castle lies a mile to the east of Roslin at grid reference NT287637, and is just downstream from Roslin Castle.Photo: Magnus Hagdorn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: George Washington Wilson, Public domain.
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin Castle.
Rosslyn Chapel
Church
Photo: Syrio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rosslyn Chapel, also known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. Rosslyn Chapel is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Hawthornden Castle.
Roslin Castle
Castle
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roslin Castle is a partially ruined castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located around 9 mi south of Edinburgh, on the north bank of the North Esk, only a few hundred metres from the famous Rosslyn Chapel. Roslin Castle is situated 1 mile southwest of Hawthornden Castle.
Wallace’s Cave
Cave
Photo: LothianPhotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wallace's Cave is situated in Roslin Glen, in Midlothian, Scotland beside the River North Esk. It is also known as Hawthornden Castle Cave, after the nearby castle. Wallace’s Cave is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Hawthornden Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosewell and Polton.
Rosewell
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosewell is a former mining village in Midlothian, Scotland, east of Roslin and south-west of Bonnyrigg. The village is in the civil parish of Lasswade and was previously a separate ecclesiastical parish, but has its own Community Council, namely Rosewell and District.
Polton
Village
Polton is a village located in Lasswade parish, Midlothian, Scotland, anciently a superiority of the Ramsay family, cadets of Dalhousie. In 1618 David Ramsay of Polton was in possession.
Roslin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penicuik is a town in The Lothians 10 miles south of Edinburgh. It's mostly commuterland for the city, with a population of 16,200 in 2016. It has an army base and is close to the scenic Pentland Hills.
Hawthornden Castle
- Categories: creative residency, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86092° or 55° 51′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.14195° or 3° 8′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C7RVV65+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 549937747OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q5685543
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Hawthornden Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hawthornden Castle”
- Catalan: “Hawthornden Castle”
- Dutch: “Hawthornden Castle”
- French: “Hawthornden Castle”
- German: “Hawthornden Castle”
- Italian: “Hawthornden Castle”
- Japanese: “ホーソーンデン城”
- Persian: “هاوثورندن (دژ)”
- Persian: “هاوثورندن”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Hawthornden”
- Spanish: “Hawthornden Castle”
- Swedish: “Hawthornden Castle”
- Turkish: “Hawthornden Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hawthornden Cemetery and St Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church.
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