Cockburnspath
Sign in to saveCockburnspath ( ) is a village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It lies near the North Sea coast between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar. Cockburnspath is the eastern terminus of the Southern Upland Way as well as the northern terminus of the Berwickshire Coastal Path. At the nearby village of Cove, there is a small fishing harbour.
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Place details
- Locality
- Cockburnspath
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.population
- 411
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 census)
- UK place.official_name
- Cockburnspath
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT774710
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Scottish Borders
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Berwickshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
- UK place.post_town
- COCKBURNSPATH
- UK place.postcode_district
- TD13
- UK place.postcode_area
- TD
- UK place.dial_code
- 01368
- UK place.static_image_name
- Cove Harbour.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Cove harbour
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 411
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.cockburnspath.org
- Image
- Cockburnspath - geograph.org.uk - 72270.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01368
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- Commons category
- Cockburnspath
- OS grid reference
- NT774710
- postal code
- TD13
- historic county
- Berwickshire
- P8168
- Coyhaique Province
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Cockburnspath ( ) is a village in Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. It lies near the North Sea coast between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Dunbar. Cockburnspath is the eastern terminus of the Southern Upland Way as well as the northern terminus of the Berwickshire Coastal Path. At the nearby village of Cove, there is a small fishing harbour.
==History== The area has many archeological remains which indicate it has been lived in and fought over since the Bronze Age. It lies close to the old invasion route from England into Scotland. Cockburnspath was originally known as "Colbrand's Path", after a folkloric giant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cockburnspath” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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