Broadmeadows is a village in the

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 ...

area of

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, on the A708 near Selkirk. Broadmeadows Youth Hostel - geograph

It is known for having Scotland's first youth hostel, which was converted from a row of four cottages by the late William Stewart Morton, and opened by the

Scottish Youth Hostels Association Hostelling Scotland (SYHA; Gaelic: ''Comann Osdailean Òigridh na h-Alba'') is part of Hostelling International and provides youth hostel accommodation in Scotland. the organisation represents 58 hostels: 31 run by Hostelling Scotland and 27 af ...

as Broadmeadows Youth Hostel on 2 May 1931. It is located in secluded woodland in the Yarrow Valley. Broadmeadows Youth Hostel and villagers featured in the short film ''As Long as You're Young'' (1962) (12'50" - 13'40"), produced b
Glasgow Films Ltd
and catalogued by the

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. Places nearby include Boleside, Bowhill,

Caddonfoot Caddonfoot () is a village on the River Tweed, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A707, near Galashiels. The village is at the mouth of the Caddon Water Other places nearby include Boleside, Broadmeadows, Scottish Borders, Bu ...

Ettrickbridge Ettrickbridge () is a village situated in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, from the nearby town of Selkirk. It sits on the B7009 road, which follows the Ettrick Water south-west from Selkirk, along the Ettrick Valley as far as Tushiela ...

Lindean Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, ...

, Philiphaugh, Sundhope,

Yarrow Water The Yarrow Water is a river in the Scottish Borders, Borders in the south east of Scotland. It is a tributary of the Ettrick Water (itself a tributary of the River Tweed, Tweed) and renowned for its high quality trout and salmon, salmon fishing.< ...

and

Yarrowford Yarrowford is a village on the A708, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles north-west of Selkirk, in the Ettrick Forest. The Yarrow Water flows through the village and joins the Ettrick Water near Philiphaugh. Places nearby inc ...

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RCAHMS record for Broadmeadows, BridgeSCRAN image: Opening of the first Youth Hostel at Broadmeadows, Yarrow ValleySCRAN image: Shepherd and family at Yarrowford, BroadmeadowsScottish Youth Hostel Association: Broadmeadows hostel, the first SYHA hostel in Scotland, started in 1931
{{authority control Villages in the Scottish Borders

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