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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River Sark locatedIn Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders region
River Yarrow locatedIn Scottish Borders
River Whiteadder flowsThrough Scottish Borders
River Whiteadder locatedIn Scottish Borders
River Whiteadder region Scottish Borders
Bernicia regionToday Scottish Borders
River Till locatedIn Scottish Borders
River Till flowsThrough Scottish Borders
East Coast Main Line in Scotland links Scottish Borders
Waverley Route locatedIn Scottish Borders
Waverley Route passesThrough Scottish Borders
NBR operatedInRegion Scottish Borders
subject surface form: North British Railway
James Wilson (economist) placeOfBirth Scottish Borders
James II deathPlace Scottish Borders
subject surface form: James II of Scotland
Abbotsford House locatedIn Scottish Borders
Abbotsford House tourismRegion Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders tourist area
The Monastery settingLocation Scottish Borders
The Black Dwarf settingLocation Scottish Borders
Scott family region Scottish Borders
Scott family politicalInfluenceRegion Scottish Borders
Innerleithen locatedIn Scottish Borders
Dawyck Botanic Garden locatedIn Scottish Borders
Gala Water (river in Scotland) locatedIn Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Gala Water
Gala Water (river in Scotland) region Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Gala Water
Edinburgh to Aberdeen line regionServed Scottish Borders
River Esk flowsThrough Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders region
Montagu Douglas Scott associatedRegion Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Montagu Douglas Scott family
this entity surface form: Borders of Scotland
The Hirsel, Coldstream, Scotland locatedIn Scottish Borders
subject surface form: The Hirsel
EDI servesRegion Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Edinburgh Airport
Border Reivers operatedInRegion Scottish Borders
Liddel Water locatedIn Scottish Borders
Newcastleton locatedIn Scottish Borders
Newcastleton partOf Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders region
Kershopefoot locatedIn Scottish Borders
Kershopefoot unitaryAuthority Scottish Borders
Hermitage locatedIn Scottish Borders
Buccleuch family region Scottish Borders
Buccleuch family traditionalPowerBase Scottish Borders
B6399 road locatedIn Scottish Borders
Eskdale locatedIn Scottish Borders
James Hogg placeOfBirth Scottish Borders
James Hogg placeOfDeath Scottish Borders
Earls of Douglas powerBase Scottish Borders
Lothian Buses serves Scottish Borders
Dumfries and Galloway border Scottish Borders
the ballad "The Battle of Otterburn" associatedWithRegion Scottish Borders
subject surface form: The Battle of Otterburn