Scottish Borders

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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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division → council area of Scotland → local government area →
administrativeCentre	Newtown St Boswells →
bordersWith	City of Edinburgh → Dumfries and Galloway NERFINISHED → East Lothian → England NERFINISHED → 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 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 NERFINISHED →
containsSettlement	Coldstream → Duns → Eyemouth → Galashiels NERFINISHED → Hawick → Innerleithen → Jedburgh → Kelso → Lauder → Melrose → Peebles → Selkirk →
country	Scotland →
createdAsCouncilArea	1996 →
governingBody	Scottish Borders Council →
governmentType	unitary authority →
hasDiallingCode	01361 → 01573 → 01750 → 01896 →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/ →
hasParliamentaryConstituency	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 NERFINISHED →
locatedIn	southeastern Scotland →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	Scotland →
replacedEntity	Borders Region →
timeZone	UTC+0 →
timeZoneDST	UTC+1 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	S →

Referenced by (41)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Borders Railway → Cheviot Hills → Ettrick Forest → Ettrick Hills → Hermitage Castle → Kelso Abbey → Liddesdale → Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland ("Scottish Borders region (informal)") → River Tweed → Tweedsmuir Hills →	locatedIn
Black Douglases → Devil’s Beef Tub → Grey Mare’s Tail → Mellerstain House interiors → Moffat Hills → Scotland’s Great Trails →	region
East Lothian → Lothian → Midlothian → South Lanarkshire → West Lothian →	borders
Jedburgh Abbey → Melrose Abbey →	locatedInRegion
Treaty of York →	appliesToTerritory
King's Own Scottish Borderers →	associatedWithRegion
Dumfries and Galloway →	border
Borders Railway →	connects
Edinburgh commuter rail network →	connectsTo
Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope ("Roxburgh and Berwickshire") →	constituencyRepresented
Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region →	contains
Pennine Way →	endRegion
Southern Scotland →	includes
Liddesdale ("Scottish Marches") →	partOf
Southern Upland Way →	passesThrough
Earl of Douglas →	powerBase
Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope →	regionRepresented
Borders Railway →	regionServed
North British Railway →	servedRegion
Northern Trains →	serviceArea
River Tweed →	sourceRegion
Jedburgh Abbey ("Scottish Borders tourist area") →	tourismRegion