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There are other rivers with this name: see Tweed River
Tweed River

Tweed River may refer to:*River Tweed, which flows from the Scottish Borders into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, forming the border between Scotland and England along part of its route...


The River Tweed (Uisge Thuaidh in Gaelic) ( long) flows primarily through the Borders
Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders , often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the Metropolitan and non-metropolit...
 region of England
England

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 and Scotland
Scotland

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. It rises on Tweedsmuir
Tweedsmuir

The village of Tweedsmuir is situated 8 miles from the source of the River Tweed, in Scottish Borders of Scotland.The village is set in the valley with rolling hills and burns on both sides covering some fifty square miles....
 at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde
River Clyde

The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
, draining northwest, and the Annan
River Annan

The River Annan is a river in southwest Scotland. It rises at the foot of Hart Fell, five miles north of Moffat. A second fork rises on Annanhead Hill and flows through the Devil's Beef Tub before joining at the Hart Fell fork north of Moffat....
 draining south also rise.






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There are other rivers with this name: see Tweed River
Tweed River

Tweed River may refer to:*River Tweed, which flows from the Scottish Borders into the North Sea at Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, forming the border between Scotland and England along part of its route...


River Tweed At Coldstream
The River Tweed (Uisge Thuaidh in Gaelic) ( long) flows primarily through the Borders
Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders , often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the Metropolitan and non-metropolit...
 region of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 and Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It rises on Tweedsmuir
Tweedsmuir

The village of Tweedsmuir is situated 8 miles from the source of the River Tweed, in Scottish Borders of Scotland.The village is set in the valley with rolling hills and burns on both sides covering some fifty square miles....
 at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde
River Clyde

The River Clyde is a major river in Scotland. It is the eighth longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third longest in Scotland. Flowing through the major city of Glasgow, it was an important river for shipbuilding and trade in the British Empire....
, draining northwest, and the Annan
River Annan

The River Annan is a river in southwest Scotland. It rises at the foot of Hart Fell, five miles north of Moffat. A second fork rises on Annanhead Hill and flows through the Devil's Beef Tub before joining at the Hart Fell fork north of Moffat....
 draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying has it. It drains the entire Borders region. Its lower reaches mark the Scottish border with England
England

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 for near Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed , situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost town in England, on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed....
. The Tweed is one of the great salmon
Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout,the difference is often attributed to the migratory life of the salmon as compared to the residential behaviour of trout, this holds true for the Atlantic salmon....
 rivers of Great Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
.

Major towns through which the Tweed flows include Peebles
Peebles

Peebles is a burgh in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scotland Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed.Initially a market town, Peebles played a role in the woollen industry of the Scottish Borders up until the 1960s....
, Galashiels
Galashiels

Galashiels is a burgh in the Scottish Borders, on the Gala Water river. The name is often abbreviated colloquially as "Gala".Galashiels is a major commercial centre and central communication point for the Scottish Borders....
, Melrose
Melrose, Scotland

Melrose is a small, historic town in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It is in the Eildon committee area.The town's name is recorded in its earliest form as Mailros, 'the bare peninsula' , referring to the original site of the monastery, recorded by the Venerable Bede, in a bend of the river Tweed....
, Kelso
Kelso, Scotland

Kelso is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, located where the rivers River Tweed and River Teviot have their confluence. The town has a population of just over 6,000; it is regarded as one of the most charming and quaint towns in the area with its cobbled streets, elegant Georgian buildings and French style cobbled marke...
, Coldstream
Coldstream

Coldstream is a burgh in the Scottish Borders. It lies on the north bank of the River Tweed in Berwickshire, while Northumberland in England lies to the south bank....
 and Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed , situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost town in England, on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed....
, where it flows into the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
.

Wfm Tweed Abottsford
River Tweed From Mertoun House

The Tweed valley is also a very interesting area when it comes to looking at the glacial history of Britain. The valley floor on which the river currently flows is a drumlin field
Drumlin field

A drumlin field is a cluster of dozens to hundreds of similarly shaped, sized and oriented drumlins, also called a drumlin swarm. Drumlins are one type of landform that indicate Ice age glaciation....
 and is the relic of a paleo ice stream that flowed through the area during the last glaciation.

River Tweed is the only river in England where an Environment Agency
Environment Agency

The Environment Agency is a non-departmental public body of the Defra and an Assembly Sponsored Public Body of the National Assembly for Wales....
 rod licence is not required for angling
Angling

Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" .The hook is usually attached by a fishing line to a fishing rod. A Float such as a Float is sometimes used....
.

Catchment of the River Tweed

Tweed tributaries
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 include:
  • Whiteadder Water
    Whiteadder Water

    Whiteadder Water is a river in East Lothian and Berwickshire, Scotland.It also flows for a very short distance through Northumberland before joining the River Tweed....
    • Blackadder Water
      Blackadder Water

      Blackadder Water is a river in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders and forms part of the River Tweed system.Rising in the Harecleugh plantation just south of the Twin law cairns, north of the village of Westruther....
  • River Till
    River Till

    The River Till in Northumberland is the only England tributary of the River Tweed. Its upper stretches are called the River Breamish which rises on Comb Fell....
  • Eden Water
    Eden Water

    Disambiguation: see also River EdenEden Water is a tributary of the River Tweed on the Scotland border. "Water" is the Scots language term for a small river....
  • River Teviot
    River Teviot

    The River Teviot is a river of the Scottish Borders, and rises in the western foothills of Comb Hill on the border of Dumfries and Galloway. It flows north-eastwards through Teviotdale and past Teviothead, Hawick and Roxburgh before joining the River Tweed to the southwest of Kelso, Scottish Borders....
  • River Leader
    River Leader

    The River Leader, or Leader Water, is a small tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. It flows southwards from the Lammermuir Hills through the towns of Lauder and Earlston, joining the River Tweed at Leaderfoot....
  • Leithen Water
    Leithen Water

    Leithen Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in Scotland. It joins it near the town of Innerleithen, whose name comes from the Scottish Gaelic inbhir, meaning a confluence, and anglicised as "inner" or "inver"....
  • Quair Water
  • Eddleston Water
  • Manor Water
  • Lyne Water
    Lyne Water

    Lyne Water is a river which rises in the Pentland Hills of southern Scotland at Baddinsgill Reservoir and runs through West Linton and Romannobridge before passing by Flemington, Scotland and Lyne Station before entering the River Tweed to the west of Peebles....
  • Holms Water
  • Farts Water


See also

  • Tweeddale
    Tweeddale

    Tweeddale is a committee area and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland in the Scotland Scottish Borders. With a population of 17,394 at the latest UK census 2001 it is the second smallest of the 5 committee areas in the Borders....
  • Anglo-Scottish border
  • Union Bridge
    Union Bridge (Tweed)

    The Union Bridge, also called the Union Chain Bridge, spans the River Tweed between Horncliffe, Northumberland, England and Fishwick, Scottish Borders, Scotland....
  • Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland
    Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland

    The Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland is a waterway society, an unincorporated association, a Scotland Charitable organization, and an umbrella organisation for river trusts in Scotland, based in Edinburgh....
  • Rivers of the United Kingdom
  • Both sides the Tweed
    Both sides the Tweed

    "Both sides the Tweed" is a reworking by singer Dick Gaughan of a traditional song from 1707 attributed to James Hogg *about the Treaty of Union between Scotland and England....
  • Rutherford
    Rutherford

    Rutherford may refer to:...
    , Ruther


External links

  • Paper describing Palaeo-Icestream and Lanforms in the Tweed velley http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/homes/s0350775/everestetal2005.pdf


  • Map and aerial photo sources for: and