Greycrook
Encyclopedia
Greycrook is a village
off the A68 and the A699, in the Scottish Borders
, approximately 0.5km south-east of St Boswells, and close to Dryburgh
, Dryburgh Abbey
, Maxton
, Newtown St Boswells, and the River Tweed
.
It was here that the highest ever temperature in Scotland
was recorded on 9 August 2003: 32.9°C Met Office article
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
off the A68 and the A699, in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
, approximately 0.5km south-east of St Boswells, and close to Dryburgh
Dryburgh
Dryburgh is a village in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, famous for the ruined Dryburgh Abbey.-The Temple of the Muses:This circular nine columned gazebo stands since 1817 on Bass Hill, a mound overlooking the River Tweed at the west end of the village...
, Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Lord of Lauderdale and Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland...
, Maxton
Maxton
Maxton is a placename and a surname. It may refer to:Places:*Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland*Maxton, Kent, England*Maxton, North Carolina, USAPeople:*Annie Maxton, Scottish socialist and trade unionist...
, Newtown St Boswells, and the River Tweed
River Tweed
The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying...
.
It was here that the highest ever temperature in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
was recorded on 9 August 2003: 32.9°C Met Office article
See also
- Climate of ScotlandClimate of ScotlandThe climate of Scotland is temperate , and tends to be very changeable, but rarely extreme. It is warmed by the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic, and given its northerly latitude it is much warmer than areas on similar latitudes, for example Labrador in Canada—where the sea freezes over in winter and...
- List of places in the Scottish Borders
- List of places in Scotland