Melrose Abbey
Melrose Abbey is a ruins in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Access is restricted and requires permission. Melrose Abbey is situated nearby to the ruins Lavatorium, as well as near Chapter House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harmony Garden and Commendator’s House, Melrose Abbey.
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 420 feet west of Melrose Abbey.
Commendator’s House, Melrose Abbey
Museum
Photo: Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Commendator’s House, Melrose Abbey is a museum, which is situated 360 feet north of Melrose Abbey.
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 390 feet south of Melrose Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melrose and Gattonside.
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.
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 Abbey
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Ruins
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.59912° or 55° 35′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.71812° or 2° 43′ 5″ westOpen location code
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