Watch House

Watch House is a tower in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Watch House is situated nearby to the cemetery Old Churchyard, as well as near the amusement arcade Beachcomber.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eyemouth Fishing Disaster Memorial and Eyemouth Lifeboat Station.

Eyemouth Fishing Disaster Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Eyemouth Fishing Disaster Memorial is situated 550 feet east of Watch House.

Eyemouth Lifeboat Station

Building

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eyemouth Lifeboat Station is located at Gunsgreen Quay in Eyemouth, a harbour town in the Scottish Borders, approximately 9 miles north of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the south-east coast of Scotland. Eyemouth Lifeboat Station is situated 1,200 feet east of Watch House.

St Abbs Harbour

Marina

Photo: Jennifer Petrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Abbs Harbour is a marina, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Watch House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eyemouth and Burnmouth.

Eyemouth is a harbour town in the Scottish Borders. With a population of 3580 in 2022, it's the largest of a string of picturesque fishing villages along the rugged Berwickshire coast. Others, also described here, are Burnmouth, Coldingham and St Abbs.

Burnmouth

Village

Photo: A15773, Public domain.

Burnmouth is a small fishing village located adjacent to the A1 road on the east coast of Scotland. It is the first village in Scotland on the A1, after crossing the border with England. Burnmouth is situated 2 miles south of Watch House.

St Abbs

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the Coldingham parish of Scottish Borders. The village was originally known as Coldingham Shore, the name St Abbs being adopted in the 1890s. St Abbs is situated 2½ miles northwest of Watch House.

Watch House

Type: Tower
Category: building
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.87299° or 55° 52′ 23″ north

Longitude

-2.09193° or 2° 5′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C7VVWF5+56

OpenStreetMap ID

way 554259367

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

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