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Whitrope is a densely forested, but sparsely populated area, high in the Southern Upland hills in the south central
Waverley Route Heritage AssociationLeaflet: Heritage Trains around WhitropeRCAHMS record for Waverley Line, Railway Siding, Signal box
{{coord, 55.299, N, 2.746, W, region:GB_type:city, display=title Geography of the Scottish Borders
Whitrope is a densely forested, but sparsely populated area, high in the Southern Upland hills in the south central Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by West Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, and East Lothian to the north, the North Sea to the east, Dumfries and Galloway to the south-west, South Lanarkshire to the we ...
in the former county of Roxburghshire
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh () is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the northwest, and Berwickshire to the north. T ...
.
Situated some 12 miles south from Hawick
Hawick ( ; ; ) is a town in the Scottish Borders council areas of Scotland, council area and counties of Scotland, historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east o ...
on the B6399 road, the Scottish watershed passes through the area; Whitrope Burn draining south towards Newcastleton and Flosh Burn draining north towards Hawick.
The main features are the large forests managed by the Forestry Commission
The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the management of publicly owned forests and the regulation of both public and private forestry in England.
The Forestry Commission was previously also respons ...
, and artefacts of Railway heritage.
The Waverley Railway line passed over the whitrope summit in the Whitrope Tunnel
The Whitrope Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel in the Scottish Borders, situated south of Hawick on the Waverley Route, close to Whitrope. It has a length of .
It is the fourth longest tunnel in Scotland. The tunnel is on the Hawick to Carl ...
at an elevation of . The Rail Heritage Centre is slightly south-west of this and is the headquarters of the Waverley Route Heritage Association. A length of track has been re-installed and there is a collection of rail rolling stock at the Whitrope Siding station.
A network of Heritage Trails has been established, including the Ritson Trail, named after William Ritson, a contractor from the Victorian era, and responsible for the Shankend Viaduct
Shankend Viaduct is a former railway viaduct in the Scottish Borders just over six miles south of the town of Hawick. It is a category B listed building.
It carried the Edinburgh-Carlisle main line of the North British Railway, the Waverley Lin ...
, Riccarton Junction, and Whitrope Tunnel
The Whitrope Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel in the Scottish Borders, situated south of Hawick on the Waverley Route, close to Whitrope. It has a length of .
It is the fourth longest tunnel in Scotland. The tunnel is on the Hawick to Carl ...
and summit.
See also
*Liddesdale
Liddesdale is a district in the Roxburghshire, County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland. It includes the area of the valley of the Liddel Water that extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of Peel Fell to the River Esk, Dumfries and ...
*Waverley Line
The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle railway station, Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick open ...
, Whitrope Siding, Whitrope Tunnel
The Whitrope Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel in the Scottish Borders, situated south of Hawick on the Waverley Route, close to Whitrope. It has a length of .
It is the fourth longest tunnel in Scotland. The tunnel is on the Hawick to Carl ...
*List of places in the Scottish Borders
''Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list'':See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties.
This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlet (place), hamlets, castles, golf courses ...
*List of places in Scotland
This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland.
*List of burghs in Scotland
*List of census localities in Scotland
*List of islands of Scotland
**List of Shetland islands
**List of Orkney islands
**List o ...
External links
Waverley Route Heritage Association
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