Kelso

Kelso is a small market town in the 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.
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  • Type: Town with 5,610 residents
  • Description: town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Kelso, Roxburghshire” and “Kelso, Scottish Borders”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Floors Castle and Kelso Abbey.

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, 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.

Cemetery
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is a ruined Scottish abbey in Kelso, . It was founded in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander I.

Tourism office
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is a municipal building in The Square, Kelso, Scotland. The building, which was the headquarters of Kelso Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ednam and Roxburgh.

Village
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is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. is nearby. The village was formerly in Roxburghshire. Its name is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon "Edenham", i.e. the town on . is situated 2 miles north of Kelso.

Village
is a village off the A699, by the , near Kelso in the area of . It should not be confused with the historic royal burgh of , the site of which lies about 2 miles northeast of the present village. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Kelso.

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is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the . Situated 2 miles north of the Burgh of Kelso, lies north of the and 5 miles from the English Border at . is situated 3 miles north of Kelso.

Kelso

Latitude
55.5984° or 55° 35′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.4338° or 2° 26′ 2″ west
Population
5,610
Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB KLO
Open location code
9C7VHHX8+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 366067322
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645849
Wiki­data ID
Q654945
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Kelso” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيلسو”
  • Armenian: “Քելսո”
  • Asturian: “Kelso”
  • Basque: “Kelso”
  • Bengali: “কেলসো”
  • Catalan: “Kelso”
  • Cebuano: “Kelso”
  • Chinese: “克艾素”
  • Chinese: “凯尔索”
  • Czech: “Kelso”
  • Danish: “Kelso”
  • Dutch: “Kelso”
  • Esperanto: “Kelso”
  • French: “Kelso”
  • German: “Kelso”
  • Gujarati: “કેલ્સો”
  • Hebrew: “קלסו”
  • Irish: “Cealsaidh”
  • Italian: “Kelso”
  • Japanese: “ケルソー”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆಲ್ಸೊ”
  • Korean: “켈소”
  • Lithuanian: “Kelsas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kelso”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kelso”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Cealchōh”
  • Persian: “کلسو، اسکاتیش بوردرز”
  • Polish: “Kelso”
  • Portuguese: “Kelso”
  • Russian: “Келсо”
  • Scots: “Kelsae”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cealsach”
  • Silesian: “Kelso (Szkocyjo)”
  • Silesian: “Kelso”
  • Slovak: “Kelso”
  • Slovenian: “Kelso”
  • Spanish: “Kelso”
  • Swedish: “Kelso, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Kelso”
  • Tamil: “கெல்சோ”
  • Telugu: “కెల్సో”
  • Ukrainian: “Келсо”
  • Urdu: “کیلسو”
  • Welsh: “Calchfynydd”
  • Welsh: “Kelso”
  • “Kelso”

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