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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Swinton locatedIn Scottish Borders
Swinton hasRegion Scottish Borders
Swinton locatedInCulturalRegion Scottish Borders
Blackadder Water locatedIn Scottish Borders
Blackadder Water flowsThrough Scottish Borders
Gordon locatedIn Scottish Borders
Gordon hasCountrySubdivision Scottish Borders
Halidon Hill hasCoordinateRegion Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders area (vicinity)
Cockburnspath locatedIn Scottish Borders
Lord Home of the Hirsel placeOfDeath Scottish Borders
Teviotdale locatedIn Scottish Borders
Teviotdale partOf Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders region
Teviotdale historicalRegionOf Scottish Borders
Teviotdale hasCulturalRegion Scottish Borders
Roxburghshire locatedIn Scottish Borders
Roxburghshire historicRegionOf Scottish Borders
Swinton family region Scottish Borders
Jed Water locatedIn Scottish Borders
Kelso town centre locatedIn Scottish Borders
Grantshouse locatedIn Scottish Borders
Kerr family region Scottish Borders
Roxburgh, Scotland locatedIn Scottish Borders
Clan Kerr region Scottish Borders
Clan Maxwell region Scottish Borders
Clan Maxwell traditionalRegion Scottish Borders
southeastern Scotland includes Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Southeastern Scotland
Newtown St Boswells locatedIn Scottish Borders
Newtown St Boswells regionServed Scottish Borders
Newtown St Boswells unitaryAuthority Scottish Borders
River Gala locatedIn Scottish Borders
Floors Castle locatedIn Scottish Borders
Smailholm Tower location Scottish Borders
Traquair House locatedIn Scottish Borders
Tweed Valley Forest Park locatedIn Scottish Borders
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament) covers Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament) councilArea Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament) councilArea Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)
TD covers Scottish Borders
subject surface form: TD postcode area
Clan Johnstone region Scottish Borders
Battle of Ancrum Moor location Scottish Borders
Broad Law locatedIn Scottish Borders
Broad Law highestPointOf Scottish Borders
Carrifran Gans locatedIn Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders region
Fell Shin region Scottish Borders
Carrifran Glen region Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders area of Southern Uplands
Canonbie locatedInRegion Scottish Borders
this entity surface form: Scottish Borders region (broad geographic sense)
James Maitland Balfour residence Scottish Borders
Islands of the Forth region Scottish Borders
Earl of Lauderdale created in the Peerage of Scotland associatedWith Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Earl of Lauderdale