The
village of Traquair is situated two miles south of Innerleithen.
The village is quite small but is the centre for a number of
settlements from Haughhead in the north east, Old Howford in
the north west and Glenlude to the south. From east to west
is 3 kms and north to south 7 kms.
In the Traquair
and Glen area there are 79 houses and a population of 184 people.
(Figures supplied by Scottish Borders Council from the 2001
census).
There are eleven separate settlements. The settlements are shown
in the following table:
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Traquair
Village |
Traquair
Mill |
Howford |
Old
Howford |
To
the west on the B 7062 |
Damhead,
Campshiel |
Damheadshiel
and Glengaber |
1
Km south on the B 709 |
Kirkhouse |
2
Kms south on the B 709 |
Newhall |
Glenlude |
3
kms south on the B 709 |
6
kms south on the B 709 |
The
Orchards |
1
km west of the B 709 from Kirkhouse |
The
Glen |
A
settlement to the south west of Kirkhouse spread over 4 kms |
Traquair
House |
A
historic house with farm and houses west of Traquair |
To
the west on the B 7062 |
The
new settlement of Cardrona and old Cardrona, part of the Community
Council area are shown on a separate page
on the Innerleithen Online website.
The main economic activities are farming, tourism, forestry and
craft businesses. The main tourist attraction is Traquair House.
There is no large scale maunfacturing.
Two B class roads run through the area:The B 709 Heriot, Innerleithen,
Traquair, Langholm roadThe B 7062 Peebles to Traquair Road. There
are two other roads; the Traquair to Elibank road branching off
the B 709 half a mile south of Innerleithen and a small link road
by Traquair Mill.There is a daily bus service which runs from
Peebles to Innerleithen on the south of the River Tweed and then
back through Traquair to the Yarrow Valley, Selkirk, Galashiels
and the Borders General Hospital in the morning returning in the
afternoon. |
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settlement has a village hall and a former school which is currently
used as a day centre. The village war memorial stands at the main
crossroads and the Church is a mile south at Kirkhouse. Since
the closure of the village primary school, the children attend
St Ronans Primary School in Innerleithen. Senior pupils attend
Peebles High School in Peebles. Buses are provided for children
from outlying places. |
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The
area around Traquair provides many recreational facilities. The
long distance footpath, the Southern Upland Way passes through
the village crossroads before crossing Minch Moor to Yair Bridge
to the East and by Kirkhouse to St Mary's Loch to the South West.
The Tweed Cycleway passes through the area from Old Howford to
Haughhead. There is a circular route from Traquair to Yarrow,
Cappercleuch, Meggathead, Tweedsmuir, Drumelzier, Lyne, Peebles
and back to Traquair; a distance of 50 miles.
The downhill mountain bike course runs in Traquair Forest. The
Seven Stanes cycleway also runs through Traquair Forest.
There are horse riding routes in Cardrona Forest, across Minch
Moor and South East to Yarrow Kirk.
There
are a number of other footpaths including the Right of Way from
Traquair to Yarrow Kirk by Glengaber and a path from Howford
to Cardrona Forest.
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Michael
Strang Steel Chair of SUP at the opening of the cross country
trails route through the area.
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Bothy at Orchard Walls is a self catering cottage of 5 star
standard
All details
and photographs etc can be seen at www.orchardwalls.co.uk
Orchard Walls
Glen
By Traquair
Peeblesshire EH44 6PU
UK
Tel + (44) (0) 1896 831227
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Visit the Traquair
House Website |
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