Selkirk
Selkirk is a market town in the Scottish Borders, with a population in 2020 of 4540. Its main trade of textiles has gone, and it's becoming a commuter town for Edinburgh, linked by the re-opened railway through nearby Galashiels.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 5,780 residents
- Description: town in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Selkirk, Scottish Borders”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Halliwells House Museum and Victoria Halls.
Philiphaugh Stadium
Recreation area
Philiphaugh is a rugby union ground in the Royal Burgh of Selkirk, Scotland with a capacity of approximately 6,000. It is the home of Selkirk Rugby Football Club, who currently play in Scottish Hydro Electric Premiership Division One and the Border League.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lindean and Boleside.
Lindean
Village
Lindean is a village north of Selkirk and the Ettrick Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. In 1590 the parishioners of Lindean had permission to rebuild their church on the north side of the Tweed, at the west end of Boleside, nearer to their houses, and a coble boat was to be provided to ferry the dead over the Tweed if required.
Boleside
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boleside is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B7060, south of Galashiels. It is very close to the place where the Ettrick Water joins the River Tweed. Boleside is situated 3½ miles northeast of Selkirk.
Ashkirk
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashkirk is a small village on the Ale Water, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is located just off the A7 road, approximately 6 miles each way between Selkirk to the north and Hawick to the south. Ashkirk is situated 4 miles south of Selkirk.
Selkirk
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.5471° or 55° 32′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.8415° or 2° 50′ 30″ westPopulation
5,780Elevation
584 feet (178 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SKKOpen location code
9C7VG5W5+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 63728559OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Selkirk” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Selkirk”
- Basque: “Selkirk”
- Cebuano: “Selkirk”
- Chinese: “塞尔扣克”
- Chinese: “塞爾扣克”
- Chinese: “西谷”
- Dutch: “Selkirk”
- French: “Salcraig”
- French: “Selkirk”
- German: “Selkirk”
- Hebrew: “סלקירק”
- Irish: “Salcraig”
- Italian: “Selkirk”
- Japanese: “セルカーク”
- Korean: “셀커크”
- Polish: “Selkirk”
- Russian: “Селкерк”
- Scots: “Selkirk”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Salcraig”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Selkirk, Škotska”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Selkirk”
- Slovenian: “Selkirk”
- Spanish: “Selkirk”
- Swedish: “Selkirk”
- Ukrainian: “Селкірк”
- Welsh: “Selkirk”
- Yue Chinese: “西谷”
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