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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The Hirsel gardens locatedIn Scottish Borders
Hirsel Lake locatedIn Scottish Borders
Coldstream town centre locatedIn Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Coldstream
Coldstream town centre locatedIn Scottish Borders
The Hirsel locatedIn Scottish Borders
town of Coldstream locatedIn Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Coldstream
B6357 road locatedIn Scottish Borders
former Riccarton Junction railway station locatedIn Scottish Borders
subject surface form: Riccarton Junction railway station
Scott’s View locatedIn Scottish Borders