Heriot, Scottish Borders
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Heriot is a small village in the Moorfoot Hills southeast of
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,
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, within Eildon (part of the
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council area {{Unreferenced, date=May 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A council area is one of the areas defined in Schedule 1 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and is under the control of one of the local authorities in Scotland created by that Ac ...
, though historically in
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). The village comprises some 150 dwellings, spread over a geographical area of around , most of which is moorland. Connected to the rest of the world primarily through the A7 road, Heriot had a
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from 1849 until the branch line closures instigated by Beeching caused the track to be uplifted in the 1960s. The
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voted, in 2006, to reinstate the railway, but without a station at Heriot. The School (as of Sept 2016) has 36 pupils. There are numerous community groups operating in the village including drama groups, WRI, a community
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and a
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club. Places near to Heriot include Borthwick, Carcant, Crichton, Fala, Stow of Wedale and Innerleithen.


See also

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List of places in the Scottish Borders ''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, hamlet (place), hamlets, castles, golf courses ...
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List of places in Scotland This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. *List of burghs in Scotland *List of census localities in Scotland *List of islands of Scotland **List of Shetland islands **List of Orkney islands **List o ...
* Heriot, New Zealand * Heriotdale


External links


Borders RCAHMS record for Heriot parishRCAHMS record for Heriot Station and Bridge 48RCAHMS record for Heriot's DykeArticle on Heriot's DykeHeriot Village Facebook pageHeriot village web pages
Eildon Villages in the Scottish Borders Parishes formerly in Midlothian {{Borders-geo-stub