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Newtown St Boswells Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Newtown St Boswells

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Newtown St Boswells history

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Newtown St Boswells is an old settlement well-established by the 16th century. The town has been known at various times as Newtoune, Newtown of Eildon, Neuton and Newtown of Dryburgh. From 1975 to 1996, the town served as the administrative centre for Borders Regional Council.

You can visit Newtown St Boswells places with Walkfo Newtown St Boswells to hear history at Newtown St Boswells’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Newtown St Boswells has 28 places to visit in our interactive Newtown St Boswells 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 Newtown St Boswells, 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 Newtown St Boswells places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Newtown St Boswells & the surrounding areas.

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28 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Newtown St Boswells places to visit

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

Trimontium (Newstead) Trimontium is a Roman fort complex in Scotland. Located at Newstead, near Melrose, in the Scottish Borders, in view of the three Eildon Hills. Identified by Ptolemy in his Geography.

Newstead Helmet Iron Roman cavalry helmet dating to 80–100 AD was discovered at the site of a Roman fort in Newstead, near Melrose in Roxburghshire, Scotland in 1905. The helmet would have been worn by auxiliary cavalrymen in cavalry displays known as hippika gymnasia. It is now part of the National Museum in Edinburgh.

River Leader River Leader is a small tributary of the River Tweed in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders. It flows southwards from the Lammermuir Hills through the towns of Lauder and Earlston.

Dryburgh Abbey Hotel Dryburgh Abbey Hotel is a baronial country house located on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. The modern house was first constructed in 1845 and converted into a hotel in 1932.

Dryburgh Dryburgh is a village in the Borders region of Scotland, within the county of Berwickshire. It is most famous for the ruined Dryburgh Abbey.

Mertoun House Mertoun House is a country house situated by the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. The early 18th-century house is an A listed building, and was designed by Sir William Bruce. The gardens of the house are open to the public.

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