Visit Jedburgh Places

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

  

Jedburgh Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Jedburgh

---

Jedburgh history

---

Jedburgh began as Jedworð, the “worth” or enclosed settlement on the Jed. Later the more familiar word “burgh” was substituted for this, though the original name survives as Jeddart/Jethart. Bishop Ecgred of Lindisfarne founded a church at Jedburgh in the 9th century. King David I of Scotland made it a priory between 1118 and 1138, housing Augustinian monks from Beauvais in France.

You can visit Jedburgh places with Walkfo Jedburgh to hear history at Jedburgh’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Jedburgh has 20 places to visit in our interactive Jedburgh 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 Jedburgh, 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 Jedburgh places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Jedburgh & the surrounding areas.

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

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

---

–

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

  

Best Jedburgh places to visit

---

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

Jed Water The Jed Water is a river and a tributary of the River Teviot in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. It rises from a source on Carlin Tooth 55°18′55″N 2°34′50″W / 55.31528°N 2.58056°W.

St John’s Church, Jedburgh St John’s Church is an Anglican church in Jedburgh. It was founded by Cecil Chetwynd Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian. It is a category A listed building.

Mary Queen of Scots House Queen Mary’s House is a listed sixteenth century building in Jedburgh. It is where Mary, Queen of Scots, stayed for a few weeks in 1566. The building has been open to the public since 1930 as a museum.

Jedburgh Library Jedburgh Library is now housed in the second building built for Andrew Carnegie in Jedburgh at a cost of £1,700. There have been subscription libraries in the town since at least 1780 and at one time there were three or four. This library has been open since the start of the 20th century but plans in 2020 were revealed to close it.

Jedburgh Castle Jedburgh Castle was fought over during the Wars of Scottish Independence. It was demolished by the Scots commanded by Sir James Douglas of Balvenie in 1409. The site of the original castle was used to build the reform prison based on John Howard’s system.

Jedburgh television relay station Jedburgh television relay station is a relay transmitter of Selkirk, covering the town of Jedburgh. It is owned and operated by Arqiva.

Timpendean Tower Timpendean Tower (tim-pen-deen) or Typenden Castle as it was once known, is a ruined 15th-century tower house near Lanton, in the Scottish Borders.

Bonjedward Bonjedward is two miles north of Jedburgh where the Jed Water joins the River Teviot. Nearby are Ancrum, Lanton, Monteviot House, Peniel Heugh, the Timpendean Tower and the Waterloo Monument.

Ferniehirst Castle Ferniehirst Castle is an L-shaped construction on the east bank of the Jed Water in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is an ancient seat of the Clan Kerr, and after a period of institutional use it was restored for residential use by Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian.

Crailing Crailing is 4m east of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Ancrum, Crailinghall, Eckford, Hownam, Kelso, Nisbet, Roxburghshire, the Oxnam Water, the River Teviotdale.

Visit Jedburgh plaques