Aikwood Tower
Visitors find Aikwood Tower, a castle, 4.1 km southwest of Selkirk. It is protected as a category A listed building. A short trip away is Bowhill House, 1.9 km off, the first of 17 within 15 km.
Castle near Selkirk
Just outside Selkirk
Aikwood Tower is 4.1 km southwest of Selkirk. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Selkirk has 118 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Warm months and wet ones
In Selkirk the warm season is June to August, with highs of 18–19°C.
Aikwood Tower
Wikipedia covers it in 5 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 4.1 km southwest of Selkirk
- Official site
- aikwoodtower.com
Aikwood Tower and what surrounds it
The map centres on Aikwood Tower, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
The nearest towns
Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Selkirk
Combine it with these
There are 17 within 15 km, 3 castles, 3 museums and 2 historic houses among them.
Historic houseBowhill House1.9 km away2
Historic houseAbbotsford House12 km away3
CastleNewark Castle3.3 km away4
CastleTraquair House Maze13 km away5
Museum · National Trust for ScotlandRobert Smail's Printing Works14 km away6
MuseumOld Gala House12 km away7
CastleGlen House14 km away8
MuseumHalliwell's House Museum & Robson Gallery5.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Aikwood Tower
Where is Aikwood Tower?
Aikwood Tower is 4.1 km southwest of Selkirk, Scottish Borders.
What is Aikwood Tower?
Castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Aikwood Tower?
June to August are the warmest months in Selkirk, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Aikwood Tower a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Aikwood Tower?
Within 15 km: Bowhill House (1.9 km), Abbotsford House (12 km), Newark Castle (3.3 km) and Traquair House Maze (13 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Aikwood Tower: Astrid H, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bowhill House: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abbotsford House: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newark Castle: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Traquair House Maze: marsroverdriver, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Smail's Printing Works: User:Dave souza, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Gala House: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glen House: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Halliwell's House Museum & Robson Gallery: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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