Visit Traquair Places

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

  

Traquair Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Traquair

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Traquair history

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Traquair, said to mean “hamlet on the Quair Water”, a river which runs northwards from the hill, Slake Law (2,229 feet (679 m) to drain into the River Tweed. The village was once surrounded by the great Ettrick Forest and is surrounded by many hills in excess of 1,500 feet (460 m) The area was renowned for the rearing of Cheviot sheep.

You can visit Traquair places with Walkfo Traquair to hear history at Traquair’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Traquair has 11 places to visit in our interactive Traquair 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 Traquair, 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 Traquair places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Traquair & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 11 audio facts unique to Traquair places in an interactive Traquair map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Traquair Places Map
11 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Traquair places to visit

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

The Kirna The Kirna, known locally as Kirna House, is a Category A listed villa in Walkerburn, Peeblesshire, Scotland. It is one of four villas designed by Frederick Thomas Pilkington between 1867-69 for the Ballantyne family. The Ballantynes were substantially responsible for founding the village of Walkerburn.

Traquair Traquair (Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhrìghde) is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders. Until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.

The Glen, Scottish Borders Glen, also known as Glen House, is an estate and country house in Traquair, southern Scotland. The estate is recorded from the 13th century, but the present Glen House was built in the mid 19th century. The house is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.

Traquair House Traquair House, 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. It is not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion. It pre-dates the Scottish Baronial style of architecture, and may have been one of the influences.

Robert Smail’s Printing Works Robert Smail’s Printing Works is a fully functional Victorian era letterpress printing works in the small Scottish Borders town of Innerleithen. Now preserved by The National Trust for Scotland as an Industrial Heritage museum.

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