Cardrona Mains
in The Scottish Borders of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Edinburgh Airport (24 mi) - Carlisle Airport (50 mi)
- RAF Leuchars (52 mi)
- Glasgow International Airport (54 mi)
- Dundee Airport (56 mi)
- Perth/Scone Airport (56 mi)
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (59 mi)
- Newcastle Airport (69 mi)
- Barrow Walney Island Airport (104 mi)
- Aberdeen Dyce Airport (113 mi)
- Leeds Bradford Airport (135 mi)
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- New Lanark (Unesco heritage, 35 mi)
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Unesco heritage, 81 mi) - Lothianburn Golf Club (Golf course, 18 mi)
- Braid Hills No.1 Golf Club (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Craigmillar Park Golf Course (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Duddingston Golf Club (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Bruntsfield Links (Golf course, 22 mi)
- Kilspindie Golf Club (Golf course, 27 mi)
- Gullane Golf Club (Golf course, 29 mi)
- Edinburgh Zoo (zoo, (22 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 55.638 and -3.105 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 55° 38' 15" and W -3° 6' 18"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:33 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:06 am and 9:11 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.883 and 170.633 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pukehiki - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-05-11 07:34:58
Delve into Cardrona Mains
Cardrona Mains in The Scottish Borders (Scotland) with it's 810 habitants is a city located in United Kingdom about 310 mi (or 499 km) north-west of London, the country's capital town.
Current time in Cardrona Mains is now 10:33 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports closer to Cardrona Mains, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Edinburgh Airport in a distance of 24 mi (or 39 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Old and New Towns of Edinburgh in a distance of 25 mi (or 40 km), North-East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are some options within driving distance. We saw 1 points of interest near this location. In need of a room? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Newtown St Boswells, Haddington and Livingston. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 71 °F
| Morning Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 65 °F |
| Night Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 55% |
| Air Pressure | 1020 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 58% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 12th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 13th of May 2024
12°C (54 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 14th of May 2024
15°C (59 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Macdonald Cardrona Golf & Country Club
Caddon View Country Guest House
The Tontine Hotel
Videos from this area
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GoApe Adventure Peebles
Fun day out at the Peebles Go Ape Tree Top Adventure. Sadly my camera died before the final Zipline however.. Shall be going back soon..
Pollok Park intermediate level mtb trail - 21st June 2014
Pollok Park is a large park in the south of the city of Glasgow. There are a three mountain bike trails, which are relatively short, but useful for those days when you just need to get out...
Arran (Mountain Biking) 14th Apr 2014
The above short video is of my nephew (Matteo) and I cycling on the forest tracks of the Isle of Arran, Scotland. This particular track begins high above Lamlash and continues down to the main...
Glentress Feb 2015
Great day off spent larking around Glentress, Peebles and I even got to try out my new selfie stick too :-D.
GoPro Glentress Red - Spooky Wood descent 29 Dec 2013
Second run on first day using a camera (GoPro 3+ chest mounted) on what was one of the few dry days over the festive holiday. Some fallen trees made the Red route more interesting as you never...
Swanny's Stag Day at Go-Ape
Go-Ape at Glentress Forest in Peebles. 18th November 2012.
Glentress Black Route (down section video 2) Filmed with GoPro HD Hero 2
Video from our recent trip to Scotland.The second section of the black trail that I caught on Film. Please comment if you know the name of the sections.
Spooky Wood- Glentress Forest GoPro Headcam
GoPro headcam of Spooky Wood downhill in Glentress Forest . Alot more of Glentress mountain biking to come, hope you like it :)
Hotel Cardrona
Hero at Glentress Go Ape Zipline
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Traquair House
Traquair House, approximately 5 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. While not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion. It predates the Scottish Baronial style of architecture, and may have been one of the influences on this style. It contains a brewery which makes Jacobite Ale and House Ale.
Leithen Water
Leithen Water (Scottish Gaelic: Leitheann / Abhainn Leitheinn) is a tributary of the River Tweed in Scotland. It joins it near the town of Innerleithen, whose name comes from the Scottish Gaelic inbhir, meaning a confluence, and anglicised as "inner" or "inver". The Brythonic equivalent is "Aber". "Leithen" is a Celtic name meaning grey in colour. In Innerleithen the river is about 6-7 metres across and is not deep enough to swim.
Traquair
Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the old county of Peeblesshire, but since 1975, a part of the Scottish Borders. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.
Kailzie Gardens
Kailzie Gardens is a walled garden near Kirkburn in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the Tweed valley, four km east of Peebles, off the B7062. The garden dates from 1812. The present owner is Angela, Lady Buchan-Hepburn, whose daughter, Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, redeveloped The Alnwick Garden. Places in the vicinity include Cardrona, the Cardrona Forest, Horsburgh Castle and the Glentress Forest.
Cardrona, Scottish Borders
Cardrona is a village on the A72 and B7062, between Peebles and Innerleithen, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Places nearby include Glentress, Kirkburn, Scottish Borders, Kirkhouse, Traquair, Walkerburn
Kirkburn, Scottish Borders
Kirkburn is a village on the B7062, close to Peebles and the River Tweed, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, at the edge of the Cardrona Forest. Other places in the vicinity are Glen Ho, Glentress, Horsburgh Castle, Innerleithen, Kailzie, Kailzie Gardens, Kirkhope Law, Neidpath Castle and Nether Horsbrugh.
Cardrona Forest
The Cardrona Forest is a forest in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B7062, near Peebles. OS Grid Reference: NT292385. Cardrona Forest consists of a mixed conifer woodland with upgraded facilities. It is part of a portfolio of forests managed by the Forestry Commission, including Hyndlee Forest, Swinnie Plantation, Innerleithen Forest, Elibank and Traquair, Yair Forest, Cademuir Forest, Craik Forest, Thornielee Forest, Glentress Forest, Caberston, and Newcastleton Forest.
Horsburgh Castle
Horsburgh Castle, also known as Horsbrugh Castle or Horsbrugh Tower, is a ruined tower house castle by the River Tweed, on the A72 road from Peebles to Galashiels, near Glentress in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The ruins date from the 16th century and was built by the Horsburghs. The villages of Over Horsbrugh, Nether Horsburgh, Kailzie, and Kailzie Gardens are close by, as is the ruined Nether Horsburgh Castle.
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