Facing south

The High Street, or main street, of Peebles is built along a ridge. In medieval times there was a castle at the west end that spread out along the ridge a short way. Nothing remains now of the castle itself, but some very old buildings on this side of the ridge are said to have been outbuildings. Instead, the parish church 1887 now stands in its place commanding a view along the High Street. At the other end is what used to be the Eastgate Church, but is now the theatre and arts centre, and the kirk of St Andrew's Leckie, whose steeple you can see on the right. The buildings in the foreground stand along the foot of the ridge facing south to Tweed Green and the river, and behind those are the backs of the buildings that line the High Street. Small, often enclosed, passageways between the buildings on the High Street give access to houses built down the northern and southern slope of the ridge. It's a lot like Edinburgh!