Abbotsford

Abbotsford is a historic country house in the , near , on the south bank of the River Tweed. Now open to the public, it was built as the residence of historical novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott between 1817 and 1825.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: country house in Tweedbank, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: Abbotsford House” and “Abbotsford, Scottish Borders

Places of Interest

Highlights include Netherdale and Kingsknowes Hotel, Kingsknowe Drive, Galashiels.

is a sports complex in , , consisting of two adjacent stadiums used for rugby union and football. The rugby ground is the home of Gala RFC and was formerly used by the professional Border Reivers team.

Railway station
Tweedbank is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between and Tweedbank. The station, situated 35 miles 34 chains south-east of Edinburgh Waverley, serves the village of in , Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tweedbank and Boleside.

Village
is a town south-east of in the . It is part of the county of Roxburghshire. It is an outer suburb of Galashiels, on the other side of the River Tweed. The population of at the latest census is 2,101.

Hamlet
is a village in the area of , on the B7060, south of . It is very close to the place where the Ettrick Water joins the River Tweed.

is a town in the , 33 miles south of Edinburgh. It's a former mill town which is now part of commuterland for the city, and in 2016 had a population of about 12,600.

Abbotsford

Latitude
55.6° or 55° 36′ north
Longitude
-2.78333° or 2° 47′ west
Elevation
325 feet (99 metres)
Open location code
9C7VH6X8+XM
Geo­Names ID
2657867
Wiki­data ID
Q246076
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Abbotsford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أبوتسفورد هاوس
  • Armenian: Էբբոտսֆորդ
  • Armenian: Էբոտսֆորդ Հաուս
  • Belarusian: Эбатсфард
  • Catalan: Abbotsford
  • Chinese: 阿伯茨福德庄园
  • Czech: Abbotsford
  • Dutch: Abbotsford House
  • French: Abbotsford
  • Georgian: ებოტსფორდი
  • German: Abbotsford House
  • German: Abbotsford
  • Hebrew: אבוטספורד
  • Hebrew: בית אבבוטספורד
  • Hebrew: בית אבוטספורד
  • Indonesian: Rumah Abbotsford
  • Irish: Teach Abbotsford
  • Italian: Abbotsford House
  • Japanese: アボッツフォード・ハウス
  • Japanese: アボッツフォードの邸宅
  • Japanese: アボッツフォード邸
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Abbotsford
  • Polish: Abbotsford House
  • Polish: Abbotsford
  • Portuguese: Residência Abbotsford
  • Russian: Эбботсфорд
  • Rusyn: Ебботсфорд
  • Scottish Gaelic: Taigh Àth an Aba
  • Slovenian: Abbotsford House
  • Slovenian: Abbotsford
  • Spanish: Abbotsford House
  • Swedish: Abbotsford House

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