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St Abbs

St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, within the parish of . The village was originally known as Coldingham Shore, the name St Abbs being adopted in the 1890s.
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  • Type: Village
  • Description: village in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Saint Abbs” and “St. Abbs”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Women and Bairns, St Abbs and St Abbs Church, St Abbs.

Work of art
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is a work of art.

Church
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Building
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Abbs Lifeboat is an independent voluntary search and rescue lifeboat service based in the village of St Abbs, located on the southeast coast of Scotland in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coldingham and Eyemouth.

Village
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is a village and parish in in the . It lies a short distance inland from , three miles northeast of the fishing village of .

Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a harbour town in the . With a population of 3580 in 2022, it's the largest of a string of picturesque fishing villages along the rugged Berwickshire coast. Others, also described here, are Burnmouth, Coldingham and St Abbs.

Village
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is a small village located in the historic county of , today part of the region. It is on the , from which it is said to take its name: means 'Eye-town'. is situated 4 miles south of St Abbs.

St Abbs

Latitude
55.8984° or 55° 53′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.13079° or 2° 7′ 51″ west
Elevation
85 feet (26 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ABJ
Open location code
9C7VVVX9+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 587722604
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2638873
Wiki­data ID
Q7586675
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“St Abbs” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “St Abbs”
  • Catalan: “St. Abbs”
  • Chinese: “圣阿布斯”
  • Dutch: “St. Abbs”
  • French: “St Abbs”
  • French: “St. Abbs”
  • Galician: “St. Abbs”
  • German: “St Abbs”
  • German: “St. Abbs”
  • Hebrew: “סנט אבבס”
  • Irish: “Cill Aba”
  • Irish: “Cill Eaba”
  • Italian: “St Abbs”
  • Japanese: “セントエイブス”
  • Polish: “St Abbs”
  • Scots: “St Abbs”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cill Aba”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “St. Abbs”
  • Spanish: “St. Abbs”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Coldingham Sands and Milldown.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Abbs Harbour and St Abb’s Head Visitor Centre.

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