River Teviot
The River Teviot, or Teviot Water, is a river of the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, and is the largest tributary of the River Tweed by catchment area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: River
- Description: river in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, tributary of the River Tweed at Kelso
- Also known as: “Teviot River” and “Teviot Water”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Springwood House and Kelso Abbey.
Springwood House
Archaeological site
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springwood House is an archaeological site.
Kelso Abbey
Cemetery
Photo: Scotfocus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey in Kelso, Scotland. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I.
Floors Castle
Photo: Hogweard, Public domain.
Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kelso and Roxburgh.
Kelso
Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kelso is a small market town in the Borders region of southern Scotland, with a population of 6900 in 2020. Its name probably derives from Calk Heugh - the "chalk outcrop" which its two rivers cut through.
Roxburgh
Village
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roxburgh is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland.
Sprouston
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sprouston is a village, parish and former feudal barony in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, as well as the historic county of Roxburghshire, located 2 miles north-east of Kelso.
River Teviot
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.59491° or 55° 35′ 42″ northLongitude
-2.44478° or 2° 26′ 41″ westElevation
282 feet (86 metres)Open location code
9C7VHHV4+X3OpenStreetMap ID
way 199579051OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
2636075Wikidata ID
Q1366790
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“River Teviot” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Teviot”
- Cebuano: “River Teviot”
- Dutch: “River Teviot”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر تيڤيوت”
- French: “River Teviot”
- French: “Teviot”
- French: “Teviotdale”
- German: “River Teviot”
- Irish: “Abhainn Tìbhiot”
- Persian: “رود تیویوت”
- Polish: “Teviot”
- Scots: “River Teviot”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Tìbhiot”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Teviot”
- Slovenian: “reka Teviot”
- Slovenian: “River Teviot”
- Slovenian: “Teviot”
- Spanish: “Río Teviot”
- Swedish: “River Teviot”
- Western Frisian: “Teviot”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Site of Greyfriars & Kirk of St Peters and Site of Chapel.
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