📌 Stow, Scottish Borders

Both of these sights are visible from the A7 road, but why not stop to have a closer look? Stow Auld Kirk and the nearby packhorse bridge both date from the 17th century. The kirk lies within an old graveyard with tombstones commemorating many local families; the main place of worship in the area is now St Mary’s Church of Wedale, a few hundred metres to the south. The packhorse bridge lies just below the newer church and this key crossing point on the Gala Water was responsible for Stow flourishing; the nearby information board suggests that the site is shared with the Stow witch executions, which took place a few years before the building of the bridge.

🌍 Location

📌 The Auld Kirk is by the A7, south side of Stow (bridge is a short distance to south)

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 459446

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.691475,-2.861690

🚌 A7 / Station Road, Stow village centre

🚗 Layby at packhorse bridge, 🧭 NT 459444 / 🛰️ 55.689811,-2.862815

📝 Key info

⌚ Always open (bridge: viewable from roadside only)

🎫 Free

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