Coldstream

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Coldstream
Coldstream (Scots)
OS grid reference: NT841398
Population: 1,846
Council area: Scottish Borders
Constituent country: Scotland
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Police force: Lothian and Borders Police
Lieutenancy area: Berwickshire
Former county: Berwickshire
Post town: COLDSTREAM
Postal: TD12
Telephone: 01890
Scottish Parliament: Roxburgh & Berwickshire
UK Parliament: Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk
European Parliament: Scotland
Scotland

Coldstream is a burgh in the Scottish Borders. It lies on the north bank of the River Tweed in Berwickshire, while Northumberland in England lies to the south bank. The town is well known as the home of the Coldstream Guards British Army regiment, and is also noted as the location where Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Coldstream was a popular centre for runaway marriages, in a similar vein to Gretna Green, as it lay on a major road (now the A697). Notable buildings in the town include the toll house where marriages were conducted, and The Hirsel, which is the family seat of the Earls of Home.

Coldstream Bridge over the Tweed
Coldstream Bridge over the Tweed


River Tweed, UK edit
Administrative areas: Scottish Borders, Scotland | Northumberland, England | Flows into: North Sea

Towns (upstream to downstream): Peebles | Galashiels | Melrose | St. Boswells | Kelso | Coldstream | Berwick-upon-Tweed

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence): Cor Water | Talla Water | Holms Water | Lyne Water
Manor Water | Quair Water | Leithen Water | Caddon Water | River Ettrick | Gala Water | River Leader | River Teviot
River Till | Whiteadder Water

Major bridges (upstream to downstream): Leaderfoot Viaduct | Dryburgh Bridge | Mertoun Bridge | Rennie Bridge
Hunter Bridge | Coldstream Bridge | Ladykirk and Norham Bridge | Union Bridge | A1 bridge, River Tweed
Royal Border Bridge | Royal Tweed Bridge | Berwick Bridge
Longest UK rivers: 1. Severn 2. Thames 3. Trent 4. Aire 5. Great Ouse 6. Wye 7. Tay 8. Spey 9. Nene 10. Clyde 11. Tweed 12. Eden
  This Scottish Borders location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Coordinates: 55.65147° N 2.25423° W

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