Gavinton

Worth seeing in and around Gavinton

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Duns Castle

   Duns Castle, Duns, Berwickshire is a historic house in Scotland, the oldest part of which, the massive Norman Keep or Pele Tower, supposedly dates from 1320. The castle and most of the structures on the property are designated as a Category A listed building.

   2.3 km · castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Wedderburn Castle

   Wedderburn Castle, near Duns, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, is an 18th-century country house designed by the architect brothers Robert Adam and James Adam that is now used as a wedding and events venue. The house is a Category A listed building and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.

   3.9 km · castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Nisbet House

   Nisbet House is a 17th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders. It is located on the north side of the Blackadder Water, 2.5 kilometres south of Duns, in the Merse, a low-lying part of the former county of Berwickshire.

   2.7 km · castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Fogo Priory

   Fogo Priory was the a Tironensian monastic community in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It was founded sometime between 1253 and 1297 by a local landlord named Patrick Corbet, who granted lands to Kelso Abbey in order to establish a cell there.

   3.1 km · monastery in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Polwarth Church

   Polwarth Parish Church was a member church of the Church of Scotland before closing in 2004. It is situated atop a mound off a minor road leading from the A6105, Greenlaw to Duns road in the old county of Berwickshire, now privately owned by the Letts family who live in the adjacent Polwarth Manse and is available for weddings.

   3.4 km · church in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Langton Castle

   Langton Castle is a now destroyed medieval fortress at Langton, near the burgh of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. Little remains of the structure.

   1.9 km · castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gavinton

Airports

Edinburgh (EDI), 66 km · Newcastle (NCL), 91 km · Glasgow (GLA), 130 km

Stations

Duns railway station, 2.1 km

• Ingliston, Edinburgh → Gavinton

  65 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · £7–10
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Gavinton

  100 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £11–15
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• Glasgow → Gavinton

  118 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · £13–17
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