Leithen Water
Leithen Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in Scotland. It rises in the Moorfoot Hills and joins the Tweed at the south end of the town of Innerleithen, whose name comes from the Scottish Gaelic inbhir, meaning a confluence, and anglicised as "inner" or "inver".Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK, tributary of the River Tweed at Innerleithen
- Also known as: “Leithean” and “Leitheann”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen and Traquair House.
Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen
Museum
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Robert Smail’s Printing Works, 5, 7 And 9 High Street, Innerleithen is a museum.
Traquair House
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Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built in the style of a fortified mansion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Innerleithen and Traquair.
Innerleithen
Town
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Innerleithen is a civil parish and a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
Traquair
Village
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Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road 2.0 miles south of Innerleithen at grid reference NT330346.
Walkerburn
Village
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Walkerburn is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles from Peebles and 10 miles from Galashiels. It was founded in 1854 to house the workers for the tweed mills owned by the Ballantyne family. Walkerburn is situated 2 miles east of Leithen Water.
Leithen Water
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Leithen Water” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Leithean”
- Cebuano: “Leithen Water”
- German: “Leithen Water”
- Irish: “Abhainn Leithean”
- Irish: “Abhainn Leitheann”
- Irish: “Abhainn Leitheinn”
- Irish: “Leithean”
- Irish: “Leitheann”
- Irish: “Lìteann”
- Irish: “Uisge Leithean”
- Irish: “Uisge Leitheann”
- Irish: “Uisge Lìteann”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Leithean”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Leitheann”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Leithean”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Leitheann”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Leithen Water”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Lìteann”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Uisge Leithean”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Uisge Leitheann”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Uisge Lìteann”
- Swedish: “Leithen Water”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cardrona and Kings Meadows.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quair Water and Lee Pen.
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