Whitecross
Whitecross is a locality in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Whitecross is situated nearby to the hamlet Eastlaw, as well as near the locality Fleurs.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Abb’s Head and St Abbs Church, St Abbs.
St Abb’s Head
Nature reserve
Photo: Emoscopes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Abb's Head is a rocky promontory by the village of St Abbs in Berwickshire, Scotland, and a national nature reserve administered by the National Trust for Scotland. St Abb's Head Lighthouse was designed and built by the brothers David Stevenson and Thomas Stevenson and began service on 24 February 1862. St Abb’s Head is situated 2½ miles north of Whitecross.
St Abbs Church, St Abbs
Church
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St Abbs Church, St Abbs is situated 1½ miles north of Whitecross.
Women and Bairns, St Abbs
Work of art
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Women and Bairns, St Abbs is a work of art, which is situated 2 miles north of Whitecross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coldingham and St Abbs.
Coldingham
Village
Photo: Renata, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Coldingham is a village and parish in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It lies a short distance inland from Coldingham Bay, three miles northeast of the fishing village of Eyemouth.
St Abbs
Village
St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the Coldingham parish of Scottish Borders. The village was originally known as Coldingham Shore, the name St Abbs being adopted in the 1890s. St Abbs is situated 1½ miles north of Whitecross.
Eyemouth
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eyemouth is a harbour town in the Scottish Borders. With a population of 3580 in 2022, it's the largest of a string of picturesque fishing villages along the rugged Berwickshire coast. Others, also described here, are Burnmouth, Coldingham and St Abbs.
Whitecross
- Type: Locality
- Category: residential area
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.87583° or 55° 52′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.14732° or 2° 8′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C7VVVG3+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 990666828OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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