ABOUT THE SCOTS BORDERS

The Scottish Borders is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway to the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian to the north west, the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Cumbria and Northumberland in England to the south and east. The administrative centre of the area is Newtown St. Boswells.

Historically, the name Scottish Borders designated the entire border region of southern Scotland and, together with neighbouring areas of England, was part of the historical Borders region.

Towns and villages

Abbey St. Bathans, Allanton, Ancrum, Ashkirk Broughton, Burnmouth Cardrona, Chirnside, Clovenfords, Cockburnspath, Coldingham, Coldstream Denholm, Dryburgh, Duns Earlston, Edrom, Eddleston, Ettrick, Ettrickbridge, Eyemouth Foulden Galashiels, Grantshouse, Greenlaw Hawick, Heriot, Hutton Innerleithen Jedburgh Kelso, Kirk Yetholm Lauder, Lilliesleaf, Longformacus Melrose Newcastleton, Newstead, Newtown St. Boswells Peebles, Preston Roxburgh Selkirk, St. Abbs, St. Boswells, Stow, Stichill Teviothead, Town Yetholm, Traquair, Tweedbank, Tweedsmuir Walkerburn, West Linton, Whitsome Yair

Places of interest

Abbotsford House Bowhill House Cheviot Hills Cessford Burn Coldingham Bay Dawyck Botanic Garden Dryburgh Abbey - Historic Scotland Duns Castle Edin's Hall Broch Ettrick Forest Eyemouth Floors Castle Glentress Forest - Forest Enterprise Greenknowe Tower Harmony Garden - National Trust for Scotland Hawkshaw - ancestral home of the Porteous family Hermitage Castle - Historic Scotland Jedburgh Abbey - Historic Scotland Kailzie Gardens Kelso Abbey Lammermuir Hills Lauderdale Manderston Megget Reservoir Mellerstain House Melrose Abbey - Historic Scotland Mire Loch Monteviot Neidpath Castle Nisbet, Berwickshire Nisbet, Roxburghshire Paxton House Pennine Way - National Trails Priorwood Garden - National Trust for Scotland Robert Smail's Printing Works - National Trust for Scotland Scots' dike Smailholm Tower - Historic Scotland Southern Upland Way - National Trails St. Abbs Head St. Mary's Loch St. Ronans Wells Teviotdale Thirlestane Castle Traquair House Trimontium Waterloo Monument Wedderburn Castle