Scottish Borders

E74668
administrative division council area of Scotland local government area

The Scottish Borders is a predominantly rural council area in southeastern Scotland known for its rolling hills, historic abbeys, and textile heritage along the border with England.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Scottish Borders canonical 280
Scottish Borders region 12
Scottish Marches 6

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
council area of Scotland ⓘ
local government area ⓘ
administrativeCentre Newtown St Boswells ⓘ
bordersWith Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: City of Edinburgh

Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
East Lothian ⓘ
England ⓘ
Midlothian ⓘ
West Lothian ⓘ
containsCoastlineOn North Sea ⓘ
containsFeature Cheviot Hills ⓘ
Southern Uplands ⓘ
containsHistoricSite Abbotsford House ⓘ
Dryburgh Abbey ⓘ
Floors Castle ⓘ
Hermitage Castle ⓘ
Jedburgh Abbey ⓘ
Kelso Abbey ⓘ
Melrose Abbey ⓘ
Smailholm Tower ⓘ
Traquair House ⓘ
containsProtectedArea St Abbs Head National Nature Reserve ⓘ
surface form: St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve

Tweed Valley Forest Park ⓘ
containsRailwayStation Galashiels railway station ⓘ
Stow railway station ⓘ
Tweedbank railway station ⓘ
containsRiver River Ettrick ⓘ
River Gala ⓘ
River Teviot ⓘ
River Tweed ⓘ
River Yarrow ⓘ
containsSettlement Coldstream ⓘ
Duns ⓘ
Eyemouth ⓘ
Galashiels ⓘ
Hawick ⓘ
Innerleithen ⓘ
Jedburgh ⓘ
Kelso ⓘ
Lauder ⓘ
Melrose ⓘ
Peebles ⓘ
Selkirk ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
createdAsCouncilArea 1996 ⓘ
governingBody Scottish Borders council area ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Borders Council
governmentType unitary authority ⓘ
hasDiallingCode 01361 ⓘ
01573 ⓘ
01750 ⓘ
01896 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/ ⓘ
hasParliamentaryConstituency Berwickshire ⓘ
surface form: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament) ⓘ
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament) ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea EH ⓘ
TD ⓘ
hasRailwayLine Borders Railway ⓘ
historicalLanguage Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
knownFor common ridings ⓘ
historic abbeys ⓘ
rolling hills ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
tweed production ⓘ
largestTown Galashiels ⓘ
locatedIn southeastern Scotland ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Scotland ⓘ
replacedEntity Borders ⓘ
surface form: Borders Region
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC+1 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode S ⓘ

Referenced by (310)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Trains → serviceArea → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders region (informal)
Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region → contains → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Earl of Douglas → powerBase → Scottish Borders ⓘ
River Tweed → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
River Tweed → sourceRegion → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Edinburgh commuter rail network → connectsTo → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Scotland’s Great Trails → region → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Melrose Abbey → locatedInRegion → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Midlothian → borders → Scottish Borders ⓘ
East Lothian → borders → Scottish Borders ⓘ
West Lothian → borders → Scottish Borders ⓘ
South Lanarkshire → borders → Scottish Borders ⓘ
North British Railway → servedRegion → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope → constituencyRepresented → Scottish Borders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roxburgh and Berwickshire
Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope → regionRepresented → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Black Douglases → region → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Liddesdale → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Liddesdale → partOf → Scottish Borders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Marches
Hermitage Castle → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Borders Railway → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Borders Railway → connects → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Borders Railway → regionServed → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Ettrick Forest → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Devil’s Beef Tub → region → Scottish Borders ⓘ
King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical) → associatedWithRegion → Scottish Borders ⓘ
subject surface form: King's Own Scottish Borderers
Grey Mare’s Tail waterfall → region → Scottish Borders ⓘ
subject surface form: Grey Mare’s Tail
southern Scotland → includes → Scottish Borders ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Scotland
Jedburgh Abbey → locatedInRegion → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Jedburgh Abbey → tourismRegion → Scottish Borders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders tourist area
Kelso Abbey → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Treaty of York → appliesToTerritory → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Moffat Hills → region → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Dumfries and Galloway council area → border → Scottish Borders ⓘ
subject surface form: Dumfries and Galloway
Southern Upland Way → passesThrough → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Cheviot Hills → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Tweedsmuir Hills → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Ettrick Hills → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Mellerstain House interiors → region → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Lothian → borders → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Pennine Way → endRegion → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Roxburgh Castle → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Roxburgh Castle → region → Scottish Borders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borders region of Scotland
Mary Somerville → placeOfBirth → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Siccar Point unconformity → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Gala Water → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
Anglo-Scottish border → historicalRegion → Scottish Borders ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish Marches
Anglo-Scottish border → adjacentTo → Scottish Borders ⓘ
St Boswells → locatedIn → Scottish Borders ⓘ
St Boswells → region → Scottish Borders ⓘ