''Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list''
:See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlets,

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s, historic houses, hillforts, lighthouses, nature reserves,

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s, and other places of interest in the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lot ...

council area of

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* Abbey Mill *

Abbey St. Bathans Abbey St Bathans ( gd, Abaid Bhaoithin) is a parish in the Lammermuir district of Berwickshire, in the eastern part of the Scottish Borders. Unique in its topography, it is situated in a long winding steep wooded valley that follows the Whitead ...

* Abbotsford Ferry railway station, Abbotsford House * Abbotrule * Addinston *

Aikwood Tower Aikwood Tower (formerly known as Oakwood Tower) is a 16th-century tower house in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, southwest of the town of Selkirk, on the Ettrick Water. It has been restored and renovated to offer luxury self-catering ho ...

* Ale Water * Alemoor Loch *

Allanbank Allanbank is a village near Allanton, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the historic county of Berwickshire. Allanbank Chapel was dedicated to St. Mary and was located in a small field named Chapel Haugh. Nearby places include Blac ...

Allanshaugh Allanshaugh is a fermtoun in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. *List o ...

Allanshaws Allanshaws is a place and farm off the B6362, in Lauderdale, by the Allan Water, in the parish of Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, formerly part of Roxburghshire. Nearby are Addinston, Galashiels, Killochyett, Lauder, Stow. Se ...

* Allanton * Ancrum,

Ancrum Old Parish Church Ancrum Old Parish Church is situated just over half a mile north west of the village of Ancrum in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B4600 road leading off the A68. The village of Ancrum is four miles north west of Jedburgh. The church ...

* Anglo-Scottish Border * Appletreehall * Ashiestiel * Ashkirk *

Auchencrow Auchencrow ( gd, Allt na Crà) is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by the Lammermuir range of hills, and near Reston. Etymology Around 1210, the village was referred to as Aldenegraue. It had become Aldencraw by the e ...

Ayton Ayton may refer to: Places * Ayton, Ontario, Canada * Ayton, Scottish Borders, Scotland England * Great Ayton, a village and civil parish, Hambleton district, North Yorkshire * Little Ayton, a village and civil parish, Hambleton district, North Yo ...

, Ayton Castle,

Ayton Parish Church Ayton and Burnmouth Parish Church is a member church ( sco, kirk) of the Church of Scotland, serving the communities of Ayton and Burnmouth in the Scottish Borders. The church is situated on the side of the B6355 road, just off the main A1 ro ...

Ayton railway station Ayton railway station was a station which served the village of Ayton in the Scottish area of Scottish Borders. It was located on what is now known as the East Coast Main Line. The station was also served by trains on the Berwickshire Railway w ...

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* Baddinsgill, Baddinsgill Reservoir *

Bairnkine Bairnkine is a hamlet on the Jed Water in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A68, south of Jedburgh. Other places nearby include Abbotrule, Bedrule Bedrule ( gd, Ruail Bheathaig) is a hamlet and civil parish in the historic ...

* Bassendean *

Battle of Ancrum Moor The Battle of Ancrum Moor was fought during the War of the Rough Wooing in 1545. The Scottish victory put a temporary end to English incursions in the Scottish border and lowlands. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Histor ...

* Battle of Humbleton Hill * Battle of Nesbit Moor (1355) * Battle of Nesbit Moor (1402) * Battle of Philiphaugh * Bedrule *

Bedshiel Bedshiel is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland on the B6456, six miles from Duns, two miles from Greenlaw, Longformacus and Westruther. The Watch Water Reservoir, Millknowe Burn and Bogpark Burn are close by. The Kaims Bedshiel ...

* Belses, Belses railway station * Bellspool * Bemersyde,

Bemersyde House Bemersyde House is a historic house in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The nearest towns are Newtown St. Boswells, Melrose, and Dryburgh. The William Wallace Statue, Bemersyde is on the Bemersyde Estate. History Dating back to the 16th century as ...

Bemersyde Moss Bemersyde Moss is a Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bemersyde in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. See also *Site of Special Scientific Interest *List of Sites of Special Scientific Inter ...

* Berwickshire Railway * Birgham * Blackadder, Blackadder Water *

Blackcastle Rings The Blackcastle Rings are earthworks and a promontory fort in the Parish of Greenlaw, above the left bank of the Blackadder Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. See also *List of hill forts in Scotland *List of places in the Scottish ...

* Blanerne Castle * Blyth Bridge * Boleside * Bonchester Bridge * Bonjedward * Bonkyl Kirk * Boon Farm * Borders Abbeys Way *

Bordlands Bordlands is a village in the Parish of Newlands in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The former name of Bordlands was Boreland. See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is ...

* Borthwick Water *

Bothwell Water The Bothwell Water is a river in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It rises in the Lammermuir Hills near Caldercleugh and continues past the Upper Monynut Forest, Crichness, Bothwell Hill, and the village of Bothwell, when it joins the Wh ...

* Bow Castle Broch * Bowden *

Bowerhope Bowerhope is a village off the A708, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the banks of St Mary's Loch in Ettrick Forest. See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is ...

* Bowhill, Bowhill House *

Bowismiln Bowismiln is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. *List of bu ...

* Bowmont Water *

Bowshank Bowshank is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, close to the A7, beside the Gala Water. Nearby are Bow Castle Broch, as well as Buckholm, Clovenfords, the Lugate Water, Torsonce and Stow. See also *List of places in the Sco ...

Branxholme Branxholme is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, overlooking the River Teviot, three miles southwest of Hawick, on the A7 road to Langholm. Nearby are Ale Water, Alemoor Loch, Burnfoot, Borthwick Water, Colterscleugh Mon ...

, Branxholme Castle *

Bridgelands Bridgelands is a village and an 18th-century house in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the parish of Selkirk. Sir Henry Raeburn's wife came from Bridgelands. See also *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland ...

* Broad Law *

Broadhaugh Broadhaugh is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the parish of Teviothead, in former Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the S ...

* Broadmeadows * Brotherstone Hill * Broughton * Baccleuch *

Buckholm Buckholm is a farm near to the A7, in the Scottish Borders, Galashiels area of Scotland. Places nearby include Abbotsford, the Bow Castle Broch, Clovenfords, Darnick, Eildon, the Gala Water, the Lugate Water, and Stow. Buckholm Tower was b ...

* Burnfoot * Burnmouth * Buxley

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* Caddon Water *

Caddonfoot Caddonfoot ( gd, Bun Chadain) is a village on the River Tweed, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A707, near Galashiels. The village is at the mouth of the Caddon Water Other places nearby include Boleside, Broadmeadows, Scot ...

* Caddonlee * Caerlanrig * Camptown * Cappercleuch * Carcant * Cardrona, Cardrona Forest * Carlops * Carolside * Carter Bar * Castle Holydean * Castlecraig * Castleton *

Cavers Caving – also known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland – is the recreational pastime of exploring wild cave systems (as distinguished from show caves). In contrast, speleology is ...

* Cessford, Cessford Burn,

Cessford Castle Cessford Castle is a large ruined mid-15th century L-plan castle near the village of Cessford, midway Jedburgh and Kelso, in the historic county of Roxburghshire, now a division of the Scottish Borders. The Castle is ''caput'' of the Barony of ...

Chambers Institution The Chambers Institution is a municipal structure in the High Street in Peebles, Scotland. The structure, which was designed to accommodate a library, a museum, an art gallery and Peebles Burgh Hall, is a Category A listed building. History Th ...

* Chesters Estate * Cheviot Hills * Chirnside, Chirnside Parish Church *

Chirnsidebridge Chirnsidebridge is a village near Chirnside in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, at a bridge over the Whiteadder Water on its journey towards the River Tweed. The bridge is a three-span rubble bridge with the two main spans segmental-arched ...

* Clappers *

Clintmains Clintmains is a village by the River Tweed, in the parish of Mertoun, to the east of Newtown St Boswells, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Berwickshire. Places nearby include Bemersyde House, Dryburgh Abbey, Scott ...

* Clovenfords * Cockburnspath * Coldingham,

Coldingham Bay Coldingham Bay is an inlet in the North Sea coast, just over three kilometres north of the town of Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is situated at grid reference and is easily reached by a minor road which leaves the B6438 r ...

, Coldingham Loch, Coldingham Priory * Coldstream, Coldstream Guards Museum *

Cor Water Cor or COR may refer to: People * Cor people, an ethnic group of Vietnam * Cor (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jon Cor (born 1984), a Canadian actor Places * Cor, Templeport, a townland in County Cavan, Ireland * Califor ...

* Cove * Craigierig * Craik, Craik Forest * Crailing * Crailinghall * Cranshaws * Cringletie * Crook Inn * Crosshall Cross

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* Darnhall Mains * Darnick * Dawyck Botanic Garden, Dawyck Chapel, Dawyck House * Debatable lands * Denholm * Dere Street * Dewar, Dewar Burn,

Dewar Hill Dewar may refer to: *Clan Dewar * Vacuum flask (also known as a Dewar flask), a vacuum-insulated container used to maintain internal temperature for extended periods ** Cryogenic storage dewar, a specialised vacuum flask for extremely cold fluids * ...

Dewar Water Dewar may refer to: *Clan Dewar * Vacuum flask (also known as a Dewar flask), a vacuum-insulated container used to maintain internal temperature for extended periods ** Cryogenic storage dewar, a specialised vacuum flask for extremely cold fluids * ...

Dinlabyre Dinlabyre is a village on the B6357 in Liddesdale, on the edge of the Newcastleton Forest, close to Castleton, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire. Places nearby include Hermitage, Hermitage Castle, the Hermitag ...

Dirrington Great Law Dirrington Great Law is a hill in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Berwickshire. The summit is around south of Longformacus and west of Duns. It is an isolated hill to the south of the Lammermuir Plateau. Dirring ...

, Dirrington Little Law * Dodcleugh * Drumelzier *

Drumlanrig Tower Drumlanrig (Scottish Gaelic: ''Druim Lannraig'') is a settlement in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which is best known for nearby Drumlanrig Castle. The earliest record for Drumlanrig is from 1384, spelled ''Drumlangryg''. There are a number of ...

Dryburgh Dryburgh is a village in the Borders region of Scotland, within the county of Berwickshire. It is most famous for the ruined Dryburgh Abbey. Dryburgh Abbey Hotel lies on the edge of the village. The village K6 red telephone box outside the fo ...

, Dryburgh Abbey,

Dryburgh Abbey Hotel Dryburgh Abbey Hotel is a baronial country house, located on the banks of the River Tweed, in Dryburgh about 5 km south east of Melrose in the Scottish Borders. The modern house was first constructed in 1845 and it was converted into a hotel ...

, Dryburgh Bridge *

Dryhope Dryhope is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by St. Mary's Loch, on the A708. Known for its rolling green hills and ample walking paths. Also home of St Mary's Loch, the largest natural loch in the Scottish Borders. See also *Dr ...

Dryhope Tower Dryhope Tower is a ruined Scottish peel tower in the valley of the Yarrow Water, in the historic county of Selkirkshire, now part of the Scottish Borders. It lies approximately equidistant between the burghs of Moffat and Selkirk, and defend ...

Dun Law Dun Law is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the next Donald Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("wo ...

Dunglass Viaduct Dunglass is a hamlet in East Lothian, Scotland, lying east of the Lammermuir Hills on the North Sea coast, within the parish of Oldhamstocks. It has a 15th-century collegiate church, now in the care of Historic Scotland. Dunglass is the birthplac ...

* Duns, Duns Castle,

Duns Castle nature reserve Duns may refer to: * Duns, Scottish Borders, a town in Berwickshire, Scotland ** Duns railway station ** Duns F.C., a football club ** Duns RFC, a rugby football club ** Battle of Duns, an engagement fought in 1372 * Duns Scotus ( 1265/66–1308) ...

Duns Law Duns may refer to: * Duns, Scottish Borders, a town in Berwickshire, Scotland ** Duns railway station ** Duns F.C., a football club ** Duns RFC, a rugby football club ** Battle of Duns, an engagement fought in 1372 * Duns Scotus ( 1265/66–1308) ...

* Dunse Spa * Dye Water

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* Earlston, Earlston railway station * Eccles * Eckford * Eddleston, Eddleston Water * Eden Water * Edgerston, Edgerston House,

Edgerston Mill Edgerston is a village and an estate about north of the Anglo-Scottish border, and south of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland in the former Roxburghshire. According to the Clan Rutherfurd family history site, Edgerston was ...

* Edin's Hall Broch * Ednam, Ednam Church * Edrington *

Edrom Edrom is a parish and small village in the pre-1975 ancient county of Berwickshire, now an administrative area of the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. The rural parish of Edrom is in east central Berwickshire being bounded on the north by ...

* Eildon Hill *

Ettleton Ettleton is a village near Castleton, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Upl ...

* Ettrick, Ettrick Forest,

Ettrick Kirk Ettrick may refer to: Places Australia * Ettrick, New South Wales, administered by Kyogle Council * Ettrick, South Australia, a locality in the Rural City of Murray Bridge * Ettrick Station, pastoral lease and former sheep station in northwest Wes ...

Ettrick Marshes Ettrick may refer to: Places Australia * Ettrick, New South Wales, administered by Kyogle Council * Ettrick, South Australia, a locality in the Rural City of Murray Bridge * Ettrick Station, pastoral lease and former sheep station in northwest Wes ...

, Ettrick Water *

Ettrickbridge Ettrickbridge ( gd, Drochaid Eadaraig) is a village situated in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, from the nearby town of Selkirk. It sits on the B7009 road, which follows the Ettrick Water south-west from Selkirk, along the Ettrick V ...

* Eye Water * Eyemouth,

Eyemouth Museum Eyemouth ( sco, Heymooth) is a small town and civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is east of the main north–south A1 road and north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The town's name comes from its location at the ...

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Falahill Falahill is a village in the Scottish Borders, in the Moorfoot Hills, at , in the Parish of Heriot, and close to the border with Midlothian. Nearby are Gilston, the Heriot Water, Oxton, Scottish Borders, Soutra Hill, and Torquhan. The hill se ...

* Faldonside *

Falnash Falnash ( sco, Fawenesh) is a village in the Scottish Borders of Scotland. It is near Teviothead, in the former Roxburghshire, and in the parish of Teviothead. There was a chapel in Falnash, but no structural remains can be seen.Robson, J (1893 ...

* Fast Castle * Fatlips Castle * Faughill * Ferniehirst Castle * Fishwick * Floors Castle * Fogo,

Fogo Priory Fogo Priory was the a Tironensian monastic community in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, dedicated to St Nicholas. It was founded sometime between 1253 and 1297 by a local landlord named Patrick Corbet, who granted lands to Kelso Abbey in order ...

* Foulden *

Fountainhall Pencaitland is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, about south-east of Edinburgh, south-west of Haddington, and east of Ormiston. The land where the village lies is said to have been granted by William the Lion to Calum Cormack in 1169, ...

* Fruid Water *

Fulton Tower Fulton Tower is a ruined 16th century tower house, about south west of Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland, and about south of Bedrule, east of the Rule Water.Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.185 Alternative ...

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* Gala Water, Galashiels,

Galashiels Baptist Church Galashiels Baptist Church is located in the town of Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. It was founded in 1804 and is affiliated to the Baptist Union of Scotland. History Galashiels Baptist Church had its beginnings with three men: Archi ...

Galashiels railway station Galashiels is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between and . The station, situated south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the town of Galashiels in Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by ...

* Garvald * Gattonside,

Gattonside Suspension Bridge Gattonside is a small village in the Scottish Borders. It is located north of Melrose, on the north side of the River Tweed. In 1143, the lands of Gattonside were granted to the monks of Melrose Abbey by King David I. Gattonside was the home o ...

* Gavington * George Meikle Kemp Memorial * Gilmanscleuch * Gilston *

Glen Ho A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes. Whittow defines it as a "Scottish term for a deep valley in the Highlands" that is "narrower ...

* Glenbreck * Glenholm * Glentress, Glentress Forest * Gordon,

Gordon Moss Gordon Moss is a nature reserve near Gordon, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire. The moss is situated one mile west of Gordon village, south of the Gordon – Earlston road (A6105). Parking places. The fauna incl ...

* Gorrenberry *

Grantshouse Grantshouse is a small village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders of Scotland. It lies on the A1, and its nearest railway stations are Dunbar to the north and Reston Reston may refer to: Places * Reston, Florida, an unincorporated commu ...

* Greenknowe Tower * Greenlaw * Greycrook * Gunsgreen House

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* Hadrian's Wall * Halidon Hill * Halldean Mill * Halliwell House Museum * Hallrule *Hallyards * Hallyne *

Hare and Dunhog Mosses Hare and Dunhog Mosses is a nature reserve near Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Selkirkshire. Locations * Hare Moss () * Dunhog Moss () See also *List of Sites of Special Scientific Int ...

* Harecleugh Forest * Harestanes, Harestanes Visitor Centre * Harmony Garden *

Harwood on Teviot Harwood may refer to: Places ;Australia * Harwood, New South Wales ;Canada * Harwood, Ontario * Harwood Island (British Columbia) ;New Zealand * Harwood Hole * Harwood, New Zealand ;United Kingdom * Harwood, County Durham * Harwood, Greate ...

* Hassendean, Hassendean railway station * Hawick, Hawick railway station * Hawkshaw * Headshaw Hill * Heiton * Heriot,

Heriot railway station Heriot railway station served the village of Heriot, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1848 to 1969 on the Waverley Route. History The station opened on 4 August 1848 by the North British Railway. The station was situated on both sides of Herio ...

Heriot Water Heriot, from Old English ''heregeat'' ("war-gear"), was originally a death-duty in late Anglo-Saxon England, which required that at death, a nobleman provided to his king a given set of military equipment, often including horses, swords, shields ...

* Hermitage, Hermitage Castle, Hermitage Water * Heugh Head * Hillhouse * Hillslay Tower *

Hilton Hilton or Hylton may refer to: Companies * Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a global hospitality company based in the United States that owns several hotel chains and subsidiary companies containing the Hilton name ** Hilton Hotels & Resorts, fla ...

* The Hirsel, Hirsel Homestead Museum * Hobkirk * Holms Water * Holylee * Hornhole Battle Site * Horsburgh Castle * Horseley Hill *

Hoselaw Loch and Din Moss Hoselaw Loch and Din Moss is a nature reserve near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire. The reserve is designated SSSI, SPA and Ramsar because of the large numbers of geese overwintering there, especially ...

* Houndslow * Housesteads Roman Fort * Hownam *

Hume Hume most commonly refers to: * David Hume (1711–1776), Scottish philosopher Hume may also refer to: People * Hume (surname) * Hume (given name) * James Hume Nisbet (1849–1923), Scottish-born novelist and artist In fiction * Hume, the ...

, Hume Castle * Hurkar Rocks * Hutton * Hyndhope

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* Innerleithen

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* James Hutton Trail * James Thomson Memorial * Jed Water, Jedburgh, * Jedburgh Abbey * Jedburgh Castle * *

Jedburgh Greyfriars Jedburgh (; gd, Deadard; sco, Jeddart or ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the traditional county town of the historic county of Roxburghshire, the name of which was randomly chosen for Operation Jedburgh in su ...

* Jedburgh Town Hall * Jim Clark Room * John Buchan Centre, John Buchan Way * Johnnie Armstrong's Grave

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* Kailzie Gardens *

Kaim Knowe Kaim may refer to: *Anglicization of the Arabic word Qa'im ("riser") *Kaimganj, a town in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh *People with the surname Kaim: :* Barbara Kaim (born 1952), Polish archaeologist :*Konrad Valentin von Kaim (1737–180 ...

* Kale Water * Kalemouth, Kalemouth Suspension Bridge, * Kelloe House * Kelso, Kelso Abbey,

Kelso Racecourse Kelso Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Kelso, Scotland. The official website describes the course as "Britain's Friendliest Racecourse". It was voted the Best Small Course in Scotland and the North of England in 2007 ...

* Kershope Burn * Kilbucho * Killochyett * Kilnsike Tower * Kimmerghame House * Kingledoors * Kirk Yetholm *

Kirkbride Parish Church Kirkbride may refer to: * Kirkbride, Cumbria, a village in England * Kirkbride Plan, an architectural design devised by Thomas Story Kirkbride * Alec Kirkbride (1897–1978), British diplomat * Anne Kirkbride (1954–2015), British soap opera ...

Kirkburn Kirkburn is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about south-west of Driffield town centre and is on the A614 road. The civil parish is formed by the village of Ki ...

Kirkhope Kirkhope may refer to: Places *Kirkhope Tower, Scotland * Kirkhope, Scottish Borders, in the Scottish Borders People with the surname * Grant Kirkhope, video game music composer *Tony Kirkhope Anthony James Henry Kirkhope (10 October 1949 – 29 ...

Kirkhope Law Kirkhope may refer to: Places *Kirkhope Tower, Scotland * Kirkhope, Scottish Borders, in the Scottish Borders People with the surname * Grant Kirkhope, video game music composer *Tony Kirkhope Anthony James Henry Kirkhope (10 October 1949 – 29 ...

Kirkhope Tower Kirkhope Tower is a Scottish Pele, located in the Ettrick Valley, in the historic county of Selkirkshire, now a division of the Scottish Borders. The tower lies a mile to the north west of Ettrickbridge, and seven miles (11 km) from the ...

* Kirkhouse * Kirkton * Kirktonhill * Kirkurd * Kirna House (The Kirna, also Grangehill)

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* Ladykirk, Ladykirk and Norham Bridge * Lake of the Hirsel * Lambden * Lamberton *

Lammer Law The Lammermuirs are a range of hills in southern Scotland, forming a natural boundary between East Lothian and the Borders. The name "Lammermuir" comes from the Old English ''lambra mōr'', meaning "moorland of the lambs". Geology The Lamme ...

* Lammermuir Hills * Langhaugh *

Langton Parish Church Langton may refer to: Places ;Canada *Langton, Ontario ;England *Church Langton, Leicestershire * East Langton, Leicestershire *Great Langton, North Yorkshire * Langton, Cumbria * Langton, County Durham *Langton, Lincolnshire *Langton, North York ...

Lanton Lanton may refer to: * Lanton, Gironde, France * Lanton, Missouri, United States * Lanton, Northumberland, England * Lanton, Scottish Borders, Scotland * a trade name of the drug Lansoprazole Lansoprazole, sold under the brand name Prevacid a ...

Lanton Moor Lanton may refer to: * Lanton, Gironde, France * Lanton, Missouri, United States * Lanton, Northumberland, England * Lanton, Scottish Borders, Scotland * a trade name of the drug Lansoprazole Lansoprazole, sold under the brand name Prevacid a ...

Lanton Tower Lanton Tower is a 16th-century tower house, about northwest of Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland, at Lanton.Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.234 History In 1513 the tower was sacked. By 1627 is belonged ...

Lanton Wood Lanton may refer to: * Lanton, Gironde, France * Lanton, Missouri, United States * Lanton, Northumberland, England * Lanton, Scottish Borders, Scotland * a trade name of the drug Lansoprazole Lansoprazole, sold under the brand name Prevacid a ...

* Lauder,

Lauder Common The former Royal Burgh of Lauder (, gd, Labhdar) is a town in the Scottish Borders in the historic county of Berwickshire. On the Southern Upland Way, the burgh lies southeast of Edinburgh, on the western edge of the Lammermuir Hills. Etym ...

* Lauderdale * Leadburn * Leader Water * Leaderfoot, Leaderfoot Viaduct * Leithen Water *

Legerwood Legerwood is a village by the Eden Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near Lauder, near the Southern Upland Way. Legerwood Kirk is outside the village and has been there since at least 1127. Places nearby include Boon Farm, ...

Legerwood Kirk Legerwood Kirk is an ancient and historic Church of Scotland church in the former county of Berwickshire, Scotland. It is situated half a mile east of the hamlet of Legerwood and south east of Lauder in the Scottish Borders, on an unclassified ro ...

* Leitholm * Lempitlaw * Liddel Castle, Liddel Water * Liddesdale * Lilliesleaf *

Lindean Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, ...

Lindean Loch Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, ne ...

Lindean Reservoir Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, ne ...

Linhope Linhope is a small village in Northumberland, England. It is located in the Cheviots on the River Breamish, and within Northumberland National Park Northumberland National Park is the northernmost national park in England. It covers an are ...

* Lintlaw *

Littledean Tower Littledean is a village in the Forest of Dean, west Gloucestershire, England. The village has a long history and formerly had the status of a town. Littledean Hall was originally a Saxon hall, although it has been rebuilt and the current house d ...

* Littledeanless * Longformacus *

Luggate Water Luggate is a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located on between Wanaka and Cromwell, near the junction with State Highway 8A, approximately 15 km from the Wanaka township, just past Wanaka Airport. The Luggate 'Gra ...

Lumsdaine Moor Lumsdaine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur A. Lumsdaine (1913–1989), American applied psychologist *David Lumsdaine (1931–2024), Australian composer * Leon Lumsdaine (1923–1966), British modern pentathlete *Jack ...

Lyne Lyne may refer to: Places * Division of Lyne, an electoral division in New South Wales, Australia * Lyne, Denmark, a town in southwest Denmark * Lyne, Surrey a village in southern England * River Lyne, a river of Cumbria in England * Lyne, Sco ...

, Lyne Kirk, Lyne railway station, Lyne Viaduct, Lyne Water

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Manderston House Manderston House, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, is the home of The Rt Hon. The 4th Baron Palmer. It was completely rebuilt between 1901 and 1903 and has sumptuous interiors with a silver-plated staircase. The proprietor, Sir James Miller, 2 ...

* Manor Water * Marchmont Estate,

Marchmont House Marchmont House lies on the east side of the small village of Greenlaw, and near to a church in Polwarth in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is about five miles (8 km) south west of Duns, about west of Berwick-upo ...

* Maxton * Maxwellheugh * Megget Reservoir, Megget Water * Mellerstain, Mellerstain House *

Melrose Melrose may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Melrose, Scottish Borders, a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland ** Melrose Abbey, ruined monastery ** Melrose RFC, rugby club Australia * Melrose, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnet ...

, Melrose Abbey,

Melrose railway station Melrose railway station served the town of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland from 1849 to 1969 on the Waverley Route. History The station opened on 20 February 1849 by the North British Railway The North British Railway was a British ...

* Menzion *

Mervinslaw Pele Mervinslaw Pele, also known as Mervinslaw Tower, is a 16th-century castle in the Scottish Borders. It is mostly intact except for its roof. It is by with walls about thick. It is two storeys tall, plus a garret. There are no stairs, and acces ...

* Midlem * Millholm Cross *

Minch Moor The Minch ( gd, An Cuan Sgitheanach, ', ', '), also called North Minch, is a strait in north-west Scotland, separating the north-west Scottish Highlands, Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It ...

* Minto *

Mire Loch Mire Loch is a man made freshwater loch situated on St Abb's Head in the Scottish Borders, just over a kilometre NW of the village of St. Abbs at grid reference . The loch lies on land owned by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and is appr ...

* Moffat Hills * Monteviot House * Moorfoot Hills * Mordington * Morebattle * Mountbenger * Mountmill Roman Fortlet * Mowhaugh

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Neidpath Castle Neidpath Castle is an L-plan rubble-built tower house, overlooking the River Tweed about west of Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. The castle is both a wedding venue and filming location and can be viewed by appointment. History An early ...

, Neidpath Tunnel, Neidpath Viaduct * Nenthorn *

Nether Horsburgh Castle Nether Horsburgh Castle is a ruined tower house near Cardrona, in the Scottish Borders, in the former county of Peebleshire. It is situated at the back of a farmstead, southwest of the market town of Peebles, at grid reference , on the A72 road ...

* Nether Shiels * Newark Castle * Newbigging * Newcastleton * Newlands * Newmill-on-Teviot * Newstead * Newtown St Boswells * Ninestane Rig, * Nisbet, Nisbet Castle,

Nisbet House Nisbet House is a 17th-century mansion in the Scottish Borders. It is located on the north side of the Blackadder Water, south of Duns, in the Merse, a low-lying part of the former county of Berwickshire. It was built in about 1630 by Sir Al ...

* Northfield

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Old Belses Old Belses is a village by the Ale Water, in the Parish of Ancrum, in the Scottish Borders of Scotland, in the historic county of Roxburghshire. Other placenames relating to Belses include Belses Mill, Belses Muir and New Belses. Belses was a s ...

* Old Cambus *

Old Gala House Old Gala House is a museum and conference centre situated in the Old Town area of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. The building was originally built as a tower house in 1457 by the Hoppringill (Pringle) family, who had been granted the lands ...

* Old Parish Church of Peebles * Oliver Castle * Oxnam,

Oxnam Water Oxnam ( sco, Owsenam) is a village near Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a primarily residential village. The placename Oxnam is from Old English ''oxa'' (genitive ''oxan'') "oxen An ox ( : o ...

* Oxton

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* Paxton, Paxton House * Pease Bay *

Pease Dean Pease Dean is a nature reserve at Pease Bay, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near the Anglo-Scottish border and Cockburnspath, Cove, and Dunglass. OS 67 NT794707. The reserve is managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and has two parts ...

* Peatrig Hill *

Peebles Peebles ( gd, Na Pùballan) is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was historically a royal burgh and the county town of Peeblesshire. According to the 2011 census, the population was 8,376 and the estimated population in June 2018 wa ...

, Old Parish Church of Peebles,

Peebles Hydro Peebles Hydro is an early 20th century hotel and spa resort in Peebles, in the historic county of Peebles-shire in the Scottish Borders. It is one of two hydropathic hotels left in Scotland, the other being Crieff Hydro in Perthshire. The hot ...

* Peel Fell *

Peniel Heugh The Waterloo Monument on Peniel Heugh Peniel Heugh (237 m) is a hill near Ancrum and Nisbet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. On it stands the Waterloo Monument. Geology The heugh is composed of olivine micrograbbro, and is a volcanic ...

Penmanshiel Tunnel Penmanshiel Tunnel is a now-disused railway tunnel near Grantshouse, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland. It was formerly part of the East Coast Main Line between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar. The tunnel was constructed b ...

* Pennine Way * Pennymuir * Pentland Hills *

Philiphaugh Philiphaugh is a village by the Yarrow Water, on the outskirts of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders. Places nearby include Bowhill, Broadmeadows, the Ettrick Water, Ettrickbridge, Lindean, Salenside, Yarrowford and the Yair Forest. Origin ...

* Piperdean * Pirn Hill *

Plenderleith {{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Plenderleith is a Scottish feudal Crown barony comprising approximately one half of Oxnam Parish, Roxburghshire, in the vicinity of Kelso, Scottish Borders. The earliest references to the estates of Plenderleith ...

* Polmood * Polwarth, Polwarth Parish Church *

Portmore Loch Portmore may refer to: * Portmore, Jamaica ** Portmore United F.C. * Portmore, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland * Portmore Lough in Northern Ireland ** Bonny Portmore "Bonny Portmore" is an Irish traditional folk song which lam ...

Press Castle Press Castle is a village with 17th-century manor house and country estate in the Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the C ...

Preston Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to: Places England *Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement **The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement **County Boro ...

, Preston Bridge * Primrosehill *

Priorwood Garden The walled garden is listed Priorwood Garden is a garden in Melrose in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The garden contains an apple orchard of unusual apple trees. The flower garden is planted to supply the best samples for dry flower arr ...

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* Quair Water

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* Redpath * Redscarhead *

Reston Reston may refer to: Places * Reston, Florida, an unincorporated community in Florida, United States * Reston, Lincolnshire, a parish in England * Reston, Manitoba, a small community in southwestern Manitoba, Canada * Reston Scar, a fell in Cumbria ...

Riccarton Junction railway station Riccarton Junction, in the county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, was a railway village and station. In its heyday it had 118 residents and its own school, post office and grocery store. The station was an interchange between the Bord ...

* The Riggs * River Rede * River Teviot * River Till * River Tweed * Robert Smail's Printing Works * Roberton * Roman Heritage Way * Romannobridge * Royal Border Bridge * Royal Tweed Bridge * Roxburgh, Roxburgh Castle * Roxburgh (village) * Rubers Law * Rule Water * Ruletownhead

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Salenside Salenside is a village off the A7, on the Ale Water, near Ashkirk, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Selkirkshire. There was a Salenside Tower house, but nothing remains of it. Salenside Farm and Salenside Cottage exist. The p ...

Saughtree Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the River Liddle iddel Waterand Dawston Burn. The valley of the Liddle is kn ...

Saughtree railway station Saughtree railway station is a closed railway station situated a mile north of the hamlet of Saughtree and two miles from the border with England.

* Scots' Dike * Scott's View * Selkirk, Selkirk Castle, Selkirk Common *

Shankend Shankend Manor was a sixteenth-century mansion located some south of Hawick, close to Whitrope Siding in Scotland. It was constructed to manage the surrounding countryside and now overlooks the Edinburgh Waverley line. The manor fell into di ...

* Siccar Point * Simprim * Sir Walter Scott Way * Skirling *

Skirmish Hill Skirmishers are light infantry or light cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard, flank guard or rearguard to screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances. They are usually deployed in a skirmish line, an ...

* Smailholm, Smailholm Tower * Soonhope * Sourhope * Southdean * Southern Upland Way * Soutra Aisle * Spittal-on-Rule * Sprouston *

St. Abbs St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the Coldingham parish of Scottish Borders. The village was originally known as ''Coldingham Shore'', the name St Abbs being adopted in the 1890s. The new name was ...

St Abb's Head St Abb's Head is a rocky promontory by the village of St Abbs in Scottish Borders, Scotland, and a national nature reserve administered by the National Trust for Scotland. St Abb's Head Lighthouse was designed and built by the brothers Davi ...

St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve St. Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve is a Voluntary Marine Reserve—the first established in the United Kingdom. Located in the Scottish Borders, it covers 8 kilometres of the Berwickshire coast, from Eyemouth in the south to St. A ...

* St. Boswells, St. Boswells railway station *

St. Cuthbert's Way St Cuthbert's Way is a long-distance trail between the Scottish Borders town of Melrose and Lindisfarne (Holy Island) off the coast of Northumberland, England. The walk is named after Cuthbert, a 7th-century saint, a native of the Borders ...

* St. Mary's Loch * Stagehall * Stanhope * Stichill, Stichill Kirk * Stobo, Stobo Castle, Stobo Kirk,

Stobo railway station Stobo railway station was a railway station in the Borders east of Biggar, serving the hamlet of Stobo; a rural community within the Parish of Stobo. History The Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway (S,B&BR) opened part of the line, how ...

* Stow of Wedale, Stow railway station * Sundhope * Swinside Hall * Swinton *

Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway The Symington, Biggar and Broughton Railway was a railway company in southern Scotland. It built a line connecting Biggar, and later Peebles, to the main line railway at Symington. It was taken over by the Caledonian Railway in 1861, and was c ...

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* Talla Linnfoots,

Talla Railway The Talla Railway was a privately constructed railway line in southern Scotland. It was built 1895-97 to aid the construction of the Talla Reservoir, to serve the water demand of Edinburgh. The railway was about long, running south from a conne ...

Talla Reservoir Talla Reservoir, located a mile from Tweedsmuir, Scottish Borders, Scotland, is an earth-work dam fed by Talla Water. The reservoir is supplemented by water from the nearby Fruid Reservoir. It was opened in 1905. To assist in bringing the ...

, Talla Water * Teviothead * Thirlestane, Thirlestane Castle * Thornielee * Timpendean Tower * Torquhan * Torsonce, *

Town Yetholm Town Yetholm ('town yet-ham') is a small village in the Scottish Borders in the valley of the Bowmont Water opposite Kirk Yetholm. The town colours are green and yellow. The centre of the small village is made up of the village green surro ...

* Traquair,

Traquair Forest Traquair ( gd, Cille Bhrìghde) is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road south of Innerleithen at . History Traquair, said to me ...

, Traquair House * Trimontium *

Tweed Viaduct Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is usually woven with a plain weave, twill or herringbone structure. Colour effects in the yarn may be obtained ...

* Tweedbank, Tweedbank railway station *

Tweedmouth railway station Tweedmouth railway station was a railway station which served the Tweedmouth area of Berwick-on-Tweed in Northumberland, England. It was located on the East Coast Main Line. As well as a railway station for passengers, it was also the main s ...

* Tweedsmuir

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* Union Bridge * Upper Hindhope * Upper Tweed Valley

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* Venlaw

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* Walkerburn * Watch Water,

Watch Water Reservoir The Watch Water is a river in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It rises in the Lammermuir Hills, around west of Longformacus, and flows generally eastward to its confluence with the Dye Water, around west of Longformacus. The Dye Water ...

* Waterloo Monument * Wauchope, Wauchope Forest *

Waverley Railway The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway; the stretch from Edinburgh to Hawick opened in 1849 and the remaind ...

* Wedderburn Castle * West Linton *

Westruther Westruther is a village on the B6465, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the lower slopes of the Lammermuir Hills, in the former Berwickshire. The largest town nearby is Gordon. Places nearby include Duns, Greenlaw, the Lammermui ...

Westwater Reservoir West Water Reservoir (sometimes Westwater Reservoir) is an artificial reservoir in the Pentland Hills, Scottish Borders, west of West Linton, and south west of Edinburgh. It is a drinking water reservoir for Edinburgh and the Lothians and is loc ...

* Whiteadder Water * Whitehope Law * Whithaugh Park * Whitlaw, Whitlaw Wood *

Whitrope Whitrope is a densely forested, but sparsely populated area, high in the Southern Upland hills in the south central Scottish Borders in the former county of Roxburghshire. Situated some 12 miles south from Hawick on the B6399 road, the Scottis ...

, Whitrope Siding, Whitrope Tunnel *

Whitslaid Tower Whitslaid Tower was an ancient Berwickshire seat of the Lauder family for over 300 years. It is today a ruin high above the eastern bank of the Leader Water, south of the burgh of Lauder, in the Scottish Borders. In feudal times it fell wit ...

* Whitsome * William Chambers Birthplace * William Wallace Statue * Williamhope * Williamslee * Wilton * Wilton Dean * Windy Gyle * Windydoors * Woll * Wrae Tower

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* Yair *

Yarrow Stone ''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Other common names include old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort, and thousand seal. The ...

* Yarrow Water *

Yarrowford Yarrowford is a village on the A708, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 4 miles north-west of Selkirk, in the Ettrick Forest. The Yarrow Water flows through the village and joins the Ettrick Water near Philiphaugh. Places nearby in ...

* Yearning Flow * Yetholm Loch

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