Villages & towns in Scottish BordersScottish Borders, Scotland

Historic border town of colourful frontages, home to its ruined abbey, Mary Queen of Scots' House and the old castle jail.

Scottish Borders

Handsome little Tweed-side town beneath the three peaks of the Eildon Hills, gathered around its abbey ruins and market cross.

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Old royal burgh on the Tweed, with a riverside walk to Neidpath Castle, the Cross Kirk ruins and a June Beltane Festival

Scottish Borders

Georgian market town with a broad cobbled square where the Tweed meets the Teviot, on the doorstep of Floors Castle.

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The prettiest of the Berwickshire fishing villages, its whitewashed cottages running down to a working harbour below the cliffs.

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Working fishing harbour town on the Berwickshire coast, with a museum recalling the 1881 fishing disaster.

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Teviotdale knitwear town, home of the cashmere trade and the Borders' first whisky distillery since 1837.

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Small royal burgh on the Leader Water beside Thirlestane Castle, on the Southern Upland Way.

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Hilltop royal burgh above the Ettrick and Yarrow valleys, a former textile town with wide Borders views.

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Neat planned Teviotdale village set around a large green, between Hawick and Jedburgh.

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Quiet Berwickshire market town below Duns Law, with a park and the Jim Clark motorsport museum.

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Small Cheviot village marking the northern end of the Pennine Way and once the seat of Scotland's gypsy kings.

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Small village around a green on the Ale Water, a few miles from Jedburgh and Monteviot's gardens.

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Planned Liddesdale weaving village of parallel streets, a walking and cycling base near Kielder Forest.

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Old drovers' village on the edge of the Pentland Hills, known for its Whipman Play festival.

Scottish Borders