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Tweedbank
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 The man-made Gunknowe Loch, Tweedbank | |
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| Cooncil area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | Galashiels |
| Postcode destrict | TD1 |
| Diallin code | 01896 |
| Police | Scots |
| Fire | Scots |
| Ambulance | Scots |
| EU Pairlament | Scotland |
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Tweedbank (Scots Gaelic: Bruach Thuaidh) is a lairge veelage sooth-east o Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is an outer suburb or satellite development o Galashiels, on the ither (eastren) side o the River Tweed. The population o Tweedbank at the latest census is 2,101.[1]
Geography[eedit | eedit soorce]
Tweedbank, as the name suggests, sits adjacent tae the River Tweed, and approximately 500 metres doun river frae Abbotsford House, the historic home o Sir Walter Scott. Tweedbank haes a pond kent as Gunknowe Loch, a restaurant Herges on The Loch, several shops and a railwey station, which is the terminus o the Borders Railway.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk - retrieved Oct 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Output Area. Selecting the 16 Output Areas covering Tweedbank (east of the Tweed) on the map provided i.e. Output areas in the range S00095363-70 and S00095787-94