Swintonbank

Swintonbank is a residential area in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Swintonbank is situated nearby to the motorhome stopover Crossburn Caravan Park, as well as near the residential building Venlaw.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cross Kirk and Neidpath Castle.

Cross Kirk

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Cross Kirk is situated 3,400 feet south of Swintonbank.

Neidpath Castle is an L-plan rubble-built tower house, overlooking the River Tweed about 1 mile west of Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The castle is both a wedding venue and filming location and can be viewed by appointment. Neidpath Castle is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Swintonbank.

Venlaw

Residential building

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Venlaw Castle, also known as Smithfield Castle, lies north of Peebles on the Edinburgh Road in the Borders of Scotland. Since 1949, it has been operated as a hotel. It was designated in 1971 as a Category A listed building. Venlaw is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Swintonbank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peebles and Lyne.

Peebles

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Peebles is a town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 9000. The name is Brythonic: pebyll meant "tents" or a temporary dwelling place.

Lyne

Locality

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Lyne is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles west of the market town of Peebles; it lies off the A72, in the old county of Peeblesshire and has an area of about 4 square miles. Lyne is situated 3 miles west of Swintonbank.

Eddleston

Village

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Eddleston is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It lies 4 miles north of Peebles and 9 miles south of Penicuik on the A703, which passes through the centre of the village. Eddleston is situated 3½ miles north of Swintonbank.

Swintonbank

Type: Residential area
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.66351° or 55° 39′ 49″ north

Longitude

-3.19287° or 3° 11′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C7RMR74+CV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 774666169

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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