TD postcode area
Encyclopedia
The TD postcode area, also known as the Galashiels postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around the River Tweed
(from which the postcode letters derive) including Berwick-upon-Tweed
, Cockburnspath
, Coldstream
, Cornhill-on-Tweed
, Duns
, Earlston
, Eyemouth
, Galashiels
, Gordon, Hawick
, Jedburgh
, Kelso
, Lauder
, Melrose
, Mindrum
, Newcastleton
, Selkirk in Scotland
and England
.
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! TD1
| GALASHIELS
| Galashiels
, Blainslie, Clovenfords
, Fountainhall, Stow
, Tweedbank
| Scottish Borders Council
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! TD2
| LAUDER
| Lauder
, Oxton
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD3
| GORDON
|
| Scottish Borders Council
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! TD4
| EARLSTON
|
| Scottish Borders Council
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! TD5
| KELSO
|
| Scottish Borders Council
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! TD6
| MELROSE
|
| Scottish Borders Council
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! TD7
| SELKIRK
|
| Scottish Borders Council
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! TD8
| JEDBURGH
| Jedburgh
, Ancrum
, Camptown
, Crailing
, Jed Valley, Nisbet
, Oxnam
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD9
| HAWICK, NEWCASTLETON
| Hawick
, Newcastleton
, Bedrule
, Bonchester Bridge
, Chesters, Denholm
, Kershopefoot
, Newmill-on-Teviot
, Roberton
, Wilton Dean
| Scottish Borders Council, Carlisle City Council
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! TD10
| DUNS
| Greenlaw
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD11
| DUNS
| Duns
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD12
| COLDSTREAM, CORNHILL-ON-TWEED, MINDRUM
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| Scottish Borders Council, Northumberland County Council (unitary)
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! TD13
| COCKBURNSPATH
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| East Lothian Council
, Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD14
| EYEMOUTH
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| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD15
| BERWICK-UPON-TWEED
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| Northumberland County Council (unitary), Scottish Borders Council
|}
River Tweed
The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying...
(from which the postcode letters derive) including Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed or simply Berwick is a town in the county of Northumberland and is the northernmost town in England, on the east coast at the mouth of the River Tweed. It is situated 2.5 miles south of the Scottish border....
, Cockburnspath
Cockburnspath
Cockburnspath is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It lies near the North Sea coast between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh. It is at the eastern extremity of the Southern Upland Way, a long-distance footpath from the west to east coast of Scotland, and it is also the terminus...
, Coldstream
Coldstream
Coldstream is a small town in the Borders district of Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the River Tweed in Berwickshire, while Northumberland in England lies to the south bank, with Cornhill-on-Tweed the nearest village...
, Cornhill-on-Tweed
Cornhill-on-Tweed
Cornhill-on-Tweed is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, in England about to the east of Coldstream.To the south and west of the village are the hamlets of West Learmouth and East Learmouth.- History :...
, Duns
Duns
Duns is the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders.-Early history:Duns law, the original site of the town of Duns, has the remains of an Iron Age hillfort at its summit...
, Earlston
Earlston
Earlston , formerly Ercildoune, is a civil parish and market town in the county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders. It is situated on the River Leader in Lauderdale, Scotland.-Early history:...
, Eyemouth
Eyemouth
Eyemouth , historically spelt Aymouth, is a small town and civil parish in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is east of the main north-south A1 road and just north of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It has a population of circa 3,420 people .The town's name comes from its location at...
, Galashiels
Galashiels
Galashiels is a burgh in the Scottish Borders, on the Gala Water river. The name is often shortened to "Gala" .Galashiels is a major commercial centre for the Scottish Borders...
, Gordon, Hawick
Hawick
Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is...
, Jedburgh
Jedburgh
Jedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.-Location:Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, it is only ten miles from the border with England and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey...
, Kelso
Kelso, Scotland
Kelso is a market town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It lies where the rivers Tweed and Teviot have their confluence...
, Lauder
Lauder
The Royal Burgh of Lauder is a town in the Scottish Borders 27 miles south east of Edinburgh. It is also a royal burgh in the county of Berwickshire. It lies on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, on the Southern Upland Way.-Medieval history:...
, Melrose
Melrose, Scotland
Melrose is a small town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It is in the Eildon committee area.-Etymology:...
, Mindrum
Mindrum
Mindrum is a village in Northumberland, England, in the district of Berwick-upon-Tweed.- Governance :Mindrum is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed....
, Newcastleton
Newcastleton
Newcastleton, or Copshaw Holm is a village in the Scottish Borders, a few miles from the border of Scotland with England. The village is in Liddesdale and is on the Liddel Water, and is the site of Hermitage Castle.-History:...
, Selkirk in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Coverage
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:|-
! TD1
| GALASHIELS
| Galashiels
Galashiels
Galashiels is a burgh in the Scottish Borders, on the Gala Water river. The name is often shortened to "Gala" .Galashiels is a major commercial centre for the Scottish Borders...
, Blainslie, Clovenfords
Clovenfords
Clovenfords is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, north of the hamlet of Caddonfoot. The village has a primary school, church, village hall, hotel, and shop...
, Fountainhall, Stow
Stow, Scottish Borders
Stow of Wedale, or simply Stow, is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, seven miles north of Galashiels. Population 620 .-The name:...
, Tweedbank
Tweedbank
Tweedbank is a large village located south east of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, Scotland.Tweedbank, as the name suggests, is adjacent to the River Tweed, approximately 500 metres down river from Abbotsford House – the historic home of Sir Walter Scott.It is the site of the biggest...
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD2
| LAUDER
| Lauder
Lauder
The Royal Burgh of Lauder is a town in the Scottish Borders 27 miles south east of Edinburgh. It is also a royal burgh in the county of Berwickshire. It lies on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, on the Southern Upland Way.-Medieval history:...
, Oxton
Oxton, Scottish Borders
Oxton is a rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, just off the A68. The small town of Lauder is 4.5 miles to the south, Edinburgh city centreis about 23 miles to the north. Other towns include Dalkeith ....
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD3
| GORDON
|
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD4
| EARLSTON
|
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD5
| KELSO
|
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD6
| MELROSE
|
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD7
| SELKIRK
|
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD8
| JEDBURGH
| Jedburgh
Jedburgh
Jedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire.-Location:Jedburgh lies on the Jed Water, a tributary of the River Teviot, it is only ten miles from the border with England and is dominated by the substantial ruins of Jedburgh Abbey...
, Ancrum
Ancrum
Ancrum is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, north of Jedburgh and south of St Boswells....
, Camptown
Camptown, Scottish Borders
Camptown is a small settlement on the A68, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 5m south of Jedburgh, and the same distance south to Carter Bar.The village lies on the course of the Jed Water, and the remains of a peel tower are close by....
, Crailing
Crailing
Crailing is a village on the A698, in Teviotdale, 4m east of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.Places nearby include Ancrum, Crailinghall, Eckford, Hownam, Kelso, Nisbet, Roxburghshire, the Oxnam Water, the River Teviot.Rory Bremner bought Crailing House...
, Jed Valley, Nisbet
Nisbet
-Places:Canada:*Nisbet Provincial ForestUnited Kingdom:*Nisbet, East Lothian*Nisbet, Roxburghshire*Nisbet, South Lanarkshire*Nisbet House, BerwickshireUnited States:*Nisbet, Pennsylvania-See also:*Nisbeth*Nisbett...
, Oxnam
Oxnam
Oxnam is a village near Jedburgh, in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is a primarily residential town.The placename Oxnam is from Old English oxa "oxen" and ham "village", the meaning being "village where ox are bred"...
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD9
| HAWICK, NEWCASTLETON
| Hawick
Hawick
Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders of south east Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-southeast of Selkirk. It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale, and the biggest town in the former county of Roxburghshire. Hawick's architecture is...
, Newcastleton
Newcastleton
Newcastleton, or Copshaw Holm is a village in the Scottish Borders, a few miles from the border of Scotland with England. The village is in Liddesdale and is on the Liddel Water, and is the site of Hermitage Castle.-History:...
, Bedrule
Bedrule
Bedrule is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, by the Rule Water which gave the village its name. Other local place-names based on the river include Hallrule, Abbotrule, Ruletownhead and Spittal-on-Rule....
, Bonchester Bridge
Bonchester Bridge
Bonchester Bridge is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, lying on the Rule Water, 6 miles away from the busy market town of Hawick...
, Chesters, Denholm
Denholm
Denholm is a small village located between Jedburgh and Hawick in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, UK. It lies in the valley of the River Teviot...
, Kershopefoot
Kershopefoot
Kershopefoot is a small village in Cumbria, England. It is located very close to the Scotland-England border and is near the Kershope Burn and the Liddel Water....
, Newmill-on-Teviot
Newmill-on-Teviot
Newmill-on-Teviot, commonly called Newmill, is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders, south of Hawick on the River Teviot.The remains of Allanmouth Tower, a 16th-century tower house, lie to the south-east of the settlement....
, Roberton
Roberton, Scottish Borders
Roberton is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B711 and near to the A7, five miles from Hawick, 22 miles from Galashiels, and 23 miles from Langholm...
, Wilton Dean
Wilton Dean
Wilton Dean is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the Cala Burn, and close to the River Teviot. Along with Stirches and Burnfoot, Scottish Borders, Wilton Dean is now often considered to be a suburb of Hawick which is situated very close to the village.Places nearby...
| Scottish Borders Council, Carlisle City Council
City of Carlisle
The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...
|-
! TD10
| DUNS
| Greenlaw
Greenlaw
Greenlaw is a small town situated in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Greenlaw was first made the county town of Berwickshire in 1596, and was the first town to take on this role since the...
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD11
| DUNS
| Duns
Duns
Duns is the county town of the historic county of Berwickshire, within the Scottish Borders.-Early history:Duns law, the original site of the town of Duns, has the remains of an Iron Age hillfort at its summit...
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD12
| COLDSTREAM, CORNHILL-ON-TWEED, MINDRUM
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| Scottish Borders Council, Northumberland County Council (unitary)
Northumberland County Council
Northumberland County Council is a unitary authority in North East England. It was originally formed in 1889 as the council for the administrative county of Northumberland and reformed in 1974 to cover a the newly formed non-metropolitan county of Northumberland...
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! TD13
| COCKBURNSPATH
|
| East Lothian Council
East Lothian
East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh....
, Scottish Borders Council
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! TD14
| EYEMOUTH
|
| Scottish Borders Council
|-
! TD15
| BERWICK-UPON-TWEED
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| Northumberland County Council (unitary), Scottish Borders Council
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