Broughton is a village in Tweeddale in the Scottish Borders. Towns and villages nearby include Biggar, Drumelzier, Kilbucho, and Peebles.
The village has a post office, village store, bowling green, tennis courts, a village hall, petrol station and garage, and an art gallery. There is also a small cask ale brewery, Broughton Ales Brewery, which produces many popular beers, including "Merlin", "Black Douglas", "Scottish Oatmeal Stout", "Old Jock" and "Greenmantle".
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The village is best known as the one-time home of John Buchan; Biggar Museum Trust run a museum dedicated to his life in Broughton.[1] It is also home to Broughton Place, a private house built in the style of a 17th-century Scottish tower house, which was designed by Basil Spence in 1938 and incorporates decorative reliefs by architectural sculptor Hew Lorimer.[2] The village contains six listed buildings.[3]
The Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway had a station and its headquarters here, which was later absorbed into the Caledonian Railway.[4] The line is now closed. The Talla Railway led from here to the Talla Reservoir.
The village is located on the A701 and B7106 roads, and is located at the western end of the John Buchan Way footpath.[5] A bus route operated by Scottish Borders Council's SB Buses subsidiary links Broughton to Biggar and Peebles.[6]
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