Coldstream tourist information

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. A former burgh, Coldstream is the home of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army, and is the location where Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296.

In February 1316 during the Wars of Scottish Independence, Sir James Douglas defeated a numerically superior force of Gascon soldiery led by Edmond de Caillou at the Skaithmuir to the north of the town.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Coldstream was a popular centre for runaway marriages, in a similar vein to Gretna Green, as it lay on a major road (now the A697). Notable buildings in the town include the toll house where marriages were conducted, and The Hirsel, which is the family seat of the Earls of Home.

An imposing monument to Charles Marjoribanks, MP for Berwickshire, stands at the east end of the town, close to the Coldstream Bridge.

Alec Douglas-Home, who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964, is buried in Coldstream.

Henderson Park has good views of the river and "Nun's Walk", the closest one can get to the water.

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