Mungo Park Memorial

Mungo Park Memorial is a memorial in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Mungo Park Memorial is situated nearby to the government office Scottish Borders Council, as well as near Church Of Our Lady And St Joseph, High Street, Selkirk.

Type: Memorial
Description: monumental statue commemorating Mungo Park, in Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Mungo Park” and “Mungo Park Memorial, High Street, Selkirk”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church Of Our Lady And St Joseph, High Street, Selkirk and Victoria Halls.

Church Of Our Lady And St Joseph, High Street, Selkirk

Church

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Victoria Halls

Town hall

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Victoria Halls is a town hall, which is situated 410 feet north of Mungo Park Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selkirk and Lindean.

Selkirk is a market town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 4540. Its main trade of textiles has gone, and it's becoming a commuter town for Edinburgh, linked by the re-opened railway through nearby Galashiels.

Lindean

Village

Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, nearer to their houses, and a coble boat was to be provided to ferry the dead over the Tweed if required. Lindean is situated 2 miles northeast of Mungo Park Memorial.

Boleside

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boleside is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B7060, south of Galashiels. It is very close to the place where the Ettrick Water joins the River Tweed. Boleside is situated 3½ miles northeast of Mungo Park Memorial.