Tradespeople in Coldstream, Scottish Borders

About Coldstream

Coldstream is a border town on the north bank of the River Tweed, directly opposite Cornhill-on-Tweed in Northumberland.

The Coldstream Guards, one of the oldest regiments in the British Army, were raised here in 1659 by General Monck — the Coldstream Museum tells their story.

The town was historically one of the main crossing points between Scotland and England, and its bridge over the Tweed remains a landmark.

Coldstream has a compact centre with local shops and services, and the surrounding countryside is rich agricultural land in the lower Tweed valley.

Nearby: Greenlaw, Kelso, Swinton

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About Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders is the largest council area in southern Scotland, stretching from the edge of Edinburgh and East Lothian in the north to the English border in the south.

It is a landscape of rolling hills, river valleys, and market towns — the Tweed, Teviot, Ettrick, and Yarrow rivers carve through countryside that has been fought over, farmed, and written about for centuries.

Hawick and Galashiels are the largest towns, but the region's character is shaped by a string of smaller burghs — Kelso, Jedburgh, Peebles, Melrose, and Selkirk — each with its own abbey ruins, common riding traditions, or rugby loyalties.

The Borders Railway, reopened in 2015, connects Tweedbank and Galashiels to Edinburgh Waverley, bringing the northern Borders within commuting distance of the capital for the first time in decades.

The region is known for its textile heritage, its abbeys, and an outdoor culture built around hill walking, fishing, mountain biking, and rugby — a place where community identity runs deep and the landscape is never far away.

Nearby: East Lothian, Midlothian