Back Braes
Back Braes is a forest in East Lothian, Scotland. Back Braes is situated nearby to the village Ormiston, as well as near the locality Melvin Hall.Places of Interest
Highlights include Winton Castle and Hibernian Training Centre.
Winton Castle
Castle
Photo: Jimmydenham, Public domain.
Winton Castle is a historic building set in a large estate between Pencaitland and Tranent in East Lothian, Scotland. The castle is situated off the B6355 road approximately 0.5 miles north of Pencaitland at grid reference NT437694.
Hibernian Training Centre
Sports venue
Hibernian Training Centre is the training ground for Hibernian FC, in Ormiston, East Lothian. The training ground houses both the first team and the youth academy.
Oxenfoord Castle
Castle
Photo: Richard West, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxenfoord Castle is a country house in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located 1 kilometre north of Pathhead, Midlothian, and 6 kilometres south-east of Dalkeith, above the Tyne Water.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tranent and Ormiston.
Tranent
Photo: marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tranent is the largest of a string of villages in East Lothian in central Scotland, 9 miles east of Edinburgh city centre. In 2022 it had a population of 20,700.
Ormiston
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ormiston is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, near Tranent, Humbie, Pencaitland and Cranston, located on the north bank of the River Tyne at an elevation of about 276 feet.
Pencaitland
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pencaitland is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, about 12 miles south-east of Edinburgh, 5 mi south-west of Haddington, and 1 mi east of Ormiston. The land where the village lies is said to have been granted by William the Lion to Calum Cormack in 1169…
Back Braes
- Type: Forest
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.901° or 55° 54′ 4″ northLongitude
-2.9437° or 2° 56′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C7VW324+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 852660478OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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