Venlaw
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Residential building
- Description: tower house, now hotel, in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Peebles, Edinburgh Road, Venlaw Castle Hotel”, “Smithfield Castle”, “Venlaw Castle”, “Venlaw Castle Hote”, and “Venlaw House”
- Address: 1-11 Venlaw Castle Edinburgh Road, Peebles
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cross Kirk and Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles.
Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles
Theater building
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eastgate Hall Community Centre, Eastgate, Peebles is a theater building, which is situated 2,400 feet south of Venlaw.
Peebles Library
Library
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Peebles Library is situated 2,700 feet south of Venlaw.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peebles and Lyne.
Peebles
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Venlaw.
Cardrona
Village
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardrona is a village on the A72 and B7062, between Peebles and Innerleithen, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Glentress, Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, Kirkhouse, Traquair, and Walkerburn. Cardrona is situated 3½ miles southeast of Venlaw.
Venlaw
- Categories: tower house, hotel, castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.65892° or 55° 39′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.18906° or 3° 11′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C7RMR56+H9OpenStreetMap ID
way 774711944OpenStreetMap feature
building=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q11039824
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Venlaw” goes by many names.
- German: “Venlaw Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Venlaw”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lady’s Wood and Peebles Police Station.
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