Innerleithen
Sign in to saveInnerleithen () is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
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- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Innerleithen
- UK place.scots_name
- Innerleithen
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT334366
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Scottish Borders
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Tweeddale
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
- UK place.post_town
- Innerleithen
- UK place.postcode_district
- EH44
- UK place.postcode_area
- EH
- UK place.dial_code
- 01896
- UK place.static_image_name
- St_James%27_R.C._Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_595725.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St James' Church, Innerleithen
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Innerleithen () is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale.
==Etymology== The name "Innerleithen" comes from the Scottish Gaelic meaning "confluence of the Leithen", because it is here that the river joins the Tweed. The prefix "Inner-/Inver-" (Inbhir-) is common in many Scottish placenames, such as Inverness and Inverurie. At this confluence, the Tweed flows approximately west-east, and the Leithen Water flows from the north.