Innerleithen

Also known as Inbhir Leithean, Inbhir Leitheann

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.

Key facts

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

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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.