Greenknowe Tower
Greenknowe Tower is a tower house near the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders. Visitors find it 12 km northwest of Kelso. It holds the status of a scheduled monument.
Castle near Kelso
Near Kelso
Greenknowe Tower is 12 km northwest of Kelso. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Kelso has 185 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
If warmth matters, go June to August: Kelso reaches 18–20°C.
Greenknowe Tower
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 7 languages. There are 16 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Melrose Abbey (13 km).
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- 12 km northwest of Kelso
Where to find Greenknowe Tower
On this map, Greenknowe Tower is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
The nearest towns to Greenknowe Tower
Each town here links to its own guide.
Nearby, too
Among the 16 within 15 km are 4 castles, 3 abbeys or priories and a historic house.
Abbey or priory · National Trust for ScotlandMelrose Abbey13 km away2CastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandSmailholm Tower8.2 km away3CastleCastleMellerstain House3.8 km away4
Abbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandKelso Abbey13 km away5
Historic houseFloors Castle11 km away6Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandDryburgh Abbey12 km away7
CastleRoxburgh Castle12 km away8CastleCastleHume Castle6.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Greenknowe Tower
Where is Greenknowe Tower?
Greenknowe Tower is 12 km northwest of Kelso, Scottish Borders.
What is Greenknowe Tower?
Tower house near the village of Gordon, in the Scottish Borders.
When is the best time to visit Greenknowe Tower?
June to August are the warmest months in Kelso, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Greenknowe Tower a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Greenknowe Tower?
Within 15 km: Melrose Abbey (13 km), Smailholm Tower (8.2 km), Mellerstain House (3.8 km) and Kelso Abbey (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 (4)
- Melrose Abbey: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelso Abbey: Scotfocus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Floors Castle: Hogweard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roxburgh Castle: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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