No tree surgeon listed in Kelso yet.

A tree surgeon carries out specialist tree work - pruning, crown reduction, felling, stump grinding and emergency storm damage clearance.

Trees near buildings, power lines or boundaries need professional attention - chainsaw work at height is not a DIY job under any circumstances.

Check they carry public liability insurance and ask whether the trees are covered by a Tree Preservation Order or are in a conservation area before any work begins.

Kelso is a market town at the confluence of the Tweed and Teviot, widely regarded as one of the most handsome towns in Scotland.

Its cobbled square - the largest in Scotland - is lined with Georgian buildings, independent shops and the ruins of Kelso Abbey.

Floors Castle, seat of the Duke of Roxburghe, overlooks the town from across the river and is one of the largest inhabited houses in Scotland.

Kelso Races, held at the town's racecourse and the Kelso Ram Sales are fixtures of the Borders calendar.

The town serves as a hub for the eastern Borders, with good road connections to Jedburgh, Coldstream and the A1 at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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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.