Greenyards

The Greenyards is a sports ground in Melrose, Scottish Borders. It has been the home of Melrose RFC for rugby union matches and the annual Melrose Sevens tournament.

Type: Recreation area
Description: sports ground in Melrose, Scottish Borders
Also known as: “The Greenyards”

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 920 feet east of Greenyards.

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 1,300 feet east of Greenyards.

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 1,400 feet southeast of Greenyards.

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.

Darnick

Village

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Darnick is a village near Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire. The name was first recorded in 1124, and has changed from Dernewic, Dernwick and Darnwick to the present Darnick.

Greenyards

Categories: rugby union field, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.59966° or 55° 35′ 59″ north

Longitude

-2.72447° or 2° 43′ 28″ west

Open location code

9C7VH7XG+V6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 755463346

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

Wikidata ID

Q115870335

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