Bowhill Upper Loch

Bowhill Upper Loch is in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Bowhill Upper Loch is situated nearby to the building Bowhill House, as well as near the forest The Cants.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bowhill House and Newark Castle.

Bowhill House

Building

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bowhill House is a historic house near Bowhill at Selkirk in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a member of the Historic Houses Association, and is one of the homes of the Duke of Buccleuch. Bowhill House is situated 1,000 feet west of Bowhill Upper Loch.

Newark Castle

Ruins

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newark Tower is a large, ruined tower house standing in the grounds of Bowhill House, in the valley of the Yarrow Water three miles west of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. Newark Castle is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Bowhill Upper Loch.

Philiphaugh Stadium

Recreation area

Philiphaugh is a rugby union ground in the Royal Burgh of Selkirk, Scotland with a capacity of approximately 6,000. It is the home of Selkirk Rugby Football Club, who currently play in Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership Division One and the Border League. Philiphaugh Stadium is situated 2 miles east of Bowhill Upper Loch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selkirk and Ettrickbridge.

Selkirk

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Ettrickbridge

Village

Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ettrickbridge is a village situated in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, 7 miles from the nearby town of Selkirk. It sits on the B7009 road, which follows the Ettrick Water south-west from Selkirk, along the Ettrick Valley as far as Tushielaw. Ettrickbridge is situated 3 miles southwest of Bowhill Upper Loch.

Ashkirk

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashkirk is a small village on the Ale Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located just off the A7 road, approximately 6 miles each way between Selkirk to the north and Hawick to the south. Ashkirk is situated 4 miles southeast of Bowhill Upper Loch.

Bowhill Upper Loch

Type: Body of water
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.53951° or 55° 32′ 22″ north

Longitude

-2.9073° or 2° 54′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C7VG3QV+R3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 97363392

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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Highlights include The Cants and Egg Plantation.

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