Visit Tweedbank Places

Welcome to Visit Tweedbank Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Tweedbank

  

Tweedbank Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Tweedbank

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Tweedbank history

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The new housing estate lies in the civil parish of Melrose in the former county of Roxburghshire. The settlement was started in the early 1970s on the land of a farm whose original house still stands. The original settlement was built by Scottish Special Housing.

Tweedbank culture & places

Each year in May, the village celebrates a week-long ‘Tweedbank Fair’ in which a local ‘Lad and Lass’ (together with two attendants each) are appointed from members of school’s Primary Seven class.

Tweedbank geography / climate

Tweedbank has a pond known as Gunknowe Loch, a restaurant Herges on The Loch, several shops, and a railway station. It sits just 500 metres (550 yd) down river from Abbotsford House, historic home of Sir Walter Scott.

You can visit Tweedbank places with Walkfo Tweedbank to hear history at Tweedbank’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Tweedbank has 20 places to visit in our interactive Tweedbank map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Tweedbank, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Tweedbank places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Tweedbank & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 20 audio facts unique to Tweedbank places in an interactive Tweedbank map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Tweedbank Places Map
20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Tweedbank historic spots	Tweedbank tourist destinations	Tweedbank plaques	Tweedbank geographic features
Walkfo Tweedbank tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Tweedbank

  

Best Tweedbank places to visit

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Tweedbank has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Tweedbank’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Tweedbank’s information audio spots:

Eildon Hill Eildon Hill lies just south of Melrose, Scotland in the Scottish Borders, overlooking the town. The name is usually pluralised into “the Eildons” or “Eildon Hills”, because of its triple peak. The north hilltop (of three peaks) is surrounded by over 5 km (3.1 mi) of ramparts, enclosing an area of about 16 ha (40 acres) in which 300 level platforms have been cut into the rock to provide bases for turf or timber-walled houses. A Roman army signalling station was later constructed on the same site as this hill fort.

Harmony Garden, Scottish Borders Harmony Garden is the garden of Harmony Hall which is in the town of Melrose, in the Scottish Borders. It is administered by the National Trust for Scotland.

Galashiels television relay station Galashiels television relay station is a relay transmitter of Selkirk, situated to the north of the town itself, as well as Melrose and Darnick. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Gala Water The Gala Water is a tributary of the River Tweed. It is sometimes known as the “Gala”, which nickname is also shared with Galashiels, which it flows through.

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