Kelso
Kelso is a small market town in the Borders 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.Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Floors Castle
Photo: Hogweard, Public domain.
Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe.
Kelso Abbey
Photo: Scotfocus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish abbey in Kelso, Scotland.
Kelso Town Hall
Photo: ArchHist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kelso Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square, Kelso, Scotland.
Localities in the Area
Roxburgh
Photo: Steve Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roxburgh is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. Roxburgh is situated 4½ km southwest of Kelso.
Ednam
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ednam is a small village near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Ednam is situated 3½ km north of Kelso.
Stichill
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Stichill is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Stichill is situated 4½ km north of Kelso.
Kelso
- Type: Town with 5,610 residents
- Description: town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.5984° or 55° 35' 54" northLongitude
-2.4338° or 2° 26' 2" westPopulation
5,610Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)United Nations Location Code
GB KLOOpen Location Code
9C7VHHX8+9FOpenStreetMap ID
node 366067322OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2645849Wikidata ID
Q654945Kelso Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Քելսո
- Asturian: Kelso
- Basque: Kelso
- Bengali: কেলসো
- Catalan: Kelso
- Cebuano: Kelso
- Chinese: 克艾素
- Chinese: 凯尔索
- Danish: Kelso
- Dutch: Kelso
- English: Kelso, Roxburghshire
- English: Kelso, Scottish Borders
- Esperanto: Kelso
- French: Kelso
- German: Kelso
- Gujarati: કેલ્સો
- Hebrew: קלסו
- Irish: Cealsaidh
- Italian: Kelso
- Japanese: ケルソー (スコティッシュ・ボーダーズ)
- 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
- Spanish: Kelso
- Swedish: Kelso, Skottland
- Swedish: Kelso
- Tamil: கெல்சோ
- Telugu: కెల్సో
- Ukrainian: Келсо
- Urdu: کیلسو
- Welsh: Calchfynydd
- Welsh: Kelso
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In the Area
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- Springwood VillageHamlet
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- Fair Cross AnaLocality
- SpylawHamlet
- Hunters HallLocality
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Kelso. Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.