📌 Village in Scottish Borders
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Tucked into the folds of surrounding hills at the confluence of two rivers, Innerleithen was once an important textile town as well as a health spa destination, but nearby Peebles has more recently taken the lion’s share of shops and services. The village centre doesn’t look particularly interesting at first glance, but its former importance and the local landscape have bestowed it with a decent range of visitor attractions. Top of the list now has to be the fabulous mountain biking (with a local trailhead as well as 7stanes Glentress a few miles up the road) – explaining the number of cyclists hanging around on sunny weekends. Opportunities for walks in the the surrounding hills and glens are excellent, with wonderful views from the tops. Rainy day? There’s the old spa-turned-museum, a Victorian printworks and even Scotland’s oldest inhabited house to explore. And we couldn’t omit to mention Caldwell’s – the fabulous ice cream shop right in the centre.
🌍 Location
📌 Scottish Borders
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 331367
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.619021,-3.063705
🚶 Most local sights are within walking distance of the village centre – about 1 mi in the case of Traquair House, along a road which doesn’t always have a pavement.
🚌 Innerleithen has bus connections from towns including Galashiels and Peebles.
📝 Key info
Explore nearby
<1 mi away
>> 7stanes Innerleithen ★★★
>> Robert Smail’s Printing Works ★★★
>> St Ronan’s Well ★
>> Traquair House ★★★
>> Walk: Beeline for Lee Pen ★★★ (map: blue)
>> Walk: In-ner Leithen Water ★★★ (map: green)
>> Walk: Innerleithen to Galashiels – Minch Moor millipede march ★★★ (map: violet)
