Scottish Borders

E74668

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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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

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Coldstream locatedIn Scottish Borders
Coldstream region Scottish Borders
Melrose locatedIn Scottish Borders
Melrose region Scottish Borders
Melrose locatedIn Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Melrose Abbey
Walkerburn locatedIn Scottish Borders
Black Douglas branch powerBase Scottish Borders
Coldstream, Scotland locatedIn Scottish Borders
School of Textiles and Design locatedIn Scottish Borders
Peebles locatedIn Scottish Borders
Kelso locatedIn Scottish Borders
Kelso region Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders Campus locatedIn Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders Campus regionServed Scottish Borders
Wedderburn Castle locatedIn Scottish Borders
Galashiels locatedIn Scottish Borders
Galashiels partOf Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders region
Galashiels hasRegion Scottish Borders
Dryburgh Abbey locatedIn Scottish Borders
Cumberland unitary authority borderedBy Scottish Borders
Battle of Philiphaugh (1645) tookPlaceIn Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Battle of Philiphaugh
Selkirk locatedIn Scottish Borders
Selkirk partOf Scottish Borders
Midlothian council area borders Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Midlothian
A701 road passesThrough Scottish Borders
A701 road region Scottish Borders
Kirkpatrick of Closeburn (historical) region Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Kirkpatrick of Closeburn
Galashiels railway station locatedIn Scottish Borders
Galashiels railway station regionServed Scottish Borders
Edinburgh–Borders Railway locatedIn Scottish Borders
Edinburgh–Borders Railway regionServed Scottish Borders
Roxburgh locatedIn Scottish Borders
River Teviot locatedIn Scottish Borders
River Teviot region Scottish Borders
Westmorland and Lonsdale borderingArea Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders (via Cumbria regionally)
Jedburgh locatedIn Scottish Borders
Council areas of Scotland hasPart Scottish Borders
Waltheof of Melrose associatedWith Scottish Borders
Tweedbank railway station locatedIn Scottish Borders
Tweedbank railway station serves Scottish Borders
Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland locatedIn Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Langholm
Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland historicRegion Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Langholm
Langholm Academy region Scottish Borders
Peeblesshire locatedIn Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders region
Peeblesshire historicalRegion Scottish Borders
River Ettrick locatedIn Scottish Borders
War of the Rough Wooing mainTheater Scottish Borders
Clydesdale borderedBy Scottish Borders