Scottish Borders Neighbourhoods

Chirnside is a quiet village in the eastern Borders, set on a ridge with views across the Merse — the fertile lowland plain of eastern Berwickshire.

Coldstream sits on the north bank of the River Tweed, directly opposite the English village of Cornhill-on-Tweed in Northumberland.

Duns is the county town of the former Berwickshire and serves as the administrative and market centre for the eastern Borders.

Eyemouth is a working fishing port on the Berwickshire coast, offering something unique in the Borders — a seaside location.

Earlston is a pleasant small town on the A68, sitting between Lauder to the north and Melrose/Newtown St Boswells to the south.

Lauder is a small Royal Burgh on the A68 between the Scottish Borders and the central Borders, with a long main street, a distinctive octagonal church, and Thir...

Galashiels — 'Gala' to locals — is the commercial hub of the Scottish Borders and has been transformed by the arrival of the Borders Railway in 2015.

Melrose is one of the most desirable towns in the Scottish Borders, a picture-perfect small town nestled beneath the triple peaks of the Eildon Hills.

Newtown St Boswells is the administrative capital of the Scottish Borders, home to Scottish Borders Council headquarters.

St Boswells is an attractive village on the banks of the River Tweed, just south of Newtown St Boswells and close to Melrose.

Tweedbank is a modern planned village built from the 1970s onwards, notable today as the southern terminus of the Borders Railway.

Hawick is the largest town in the Scottish Borders with a population of around 14,000.

Innerleithen has reinvented itself as a mountain biking mecca.

Peebles is an affluent and attractive town on the River Tweed, sitting closer to the Scottish Borders than most Borders towns at just 22 miles south of the city.

Walkerburn is a small village in the Tweed valley between Innerleithen and Peebles, originally built as a planned mill village in the 19th century by Henry Ballantyne & Sons for their tweed workers.

West Linton is an attractive village on the northern edge of the Scottish Borders, tucked beneath the Pentland Hills about 18 miles south-west of the Scottish Borders.

Jedburgh is a historic town dominated by the magnificent ruins of Jedburgh Abbey, one of the great Border abbeys founded in the 12th century.

Widely regarded as the most picturesque town in the Scottish Borders, Kelso sits at the confluence of the Rivers Tweed and Teviot.

The villages surrounding Kelso — including Sprouston, Ednam, Heiton, Eckford, Morebattle, and others — offer truly rural living within easy reach of Kelso's amenities.

Selkirk is a characterful Royal Burgh perched on a hillside above Ettrick Water.