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Curror Street, Selkirk
This is the west end of the street with the playground of Knowepark Primary School on the left. The coloured pencil-shaped bollards on the left have recently been installed by Scottish Borders Council as part of their Safer Routes to Schools Initiative. There are 24 of these bollards along the length of the school frontage and their purpose is to stop illegal parking on the pavement outside the school.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 17 Feb 2010
0.04 miles
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Mill buildings, Selkirk
Ettrick Mills, Selkirk. Now repurposed. BBC radio has offices here and broadcasts a few five minute news reports for the Borders on weekdays. Nearest thing to local radio in Scotland.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 19 Apr 2022
0.09 miles
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Former Ettrick Mills, Selkirk
The Dunsdale Road mills once run by Ettrick and Yarrow Spinners Ltd have been renovated and are now the Ettrick Riverside Business Centre. The nearest part of the mill is home to the Borders studios of BBC Scotland.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 13 Dec 2021
0.10 miles
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The former Ettrick & Yarrow Spinners Mill at Selkirk
This is the gabled pediment with clock on the southeast elevation with the original mill lettering. This converted and restored 19th century 4-storey Ettrick and Yarrow Spinners Mill in Dunsdale Road is now owned by Scottish Enterprise Borders who offer a range of accommodation for all types of businesses. Scottish Enterprise is Scotland’s main economic, enterprise, innovation and investment agency. My grandfather worked in this mill as a foreman spinner in the 1950s. For a view of the full height of the front elevation, see
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Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 14 Mar 2010
0.10 miles
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Ettrick Riverside Business Centre, Selkirk
This converted and restored 19th century 4-storey Ettrick and Yarrow Spinners Mill in Dunsdale Road is now owned by Scottish Enterprise Borders who offer a range of accommodation for all types of Businesses. Scottish Enterprise is Scotland’s main economic, enterprise, innovation and investment agency. My grandfather worked in this mill as a foreman spinner in the 1950s.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 14 Mar 2010
0.10 miles
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Housing estate at Selkirk
In groups of four, semidetached upper and lower flats. The right hand pair are 1 & 3 Shawburn Road, the left hand pair are 18 & 20 Raeburn Meadow.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 16 Oct 2023
0.10 miles
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Industrial estate, Selkirk
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 29 Apr 2008
0.11 miles
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Mill buildings, Selkirk
Some of the fine old textile mill buildings on the east side of the Ettrick Water.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 14 Mar 2012
0.12 miles
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Selkirk, Scottish Borders
A view from the Linglie Road
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 24 Mar 2008
0.13 miles
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The Eildon Group offices, Ettrick Riverside, Selkirk
Eildon Group consists of a parent company, Eildon Housing Association Ltd, and two subsidiary organisations, Eildon Tweed Valley Housing Association Ltd and Eildon Enterprise Ltd. Eildon’s six regional offices were relocated in September 2009 into this converted old weaving shed at Dunsdale Road in Selkirk.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 4 Dec 2009
0.13 miles