Ettrick Water

River in Scotland

55°20′38″N 3°18′25″W / 55.344°N 3.307°W / 55.344; -3.307 MouthConfluence with the River Tweed
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55°34′54″N 2°48′41″W / 55.581529°N 2.811493°W / 55.581529; -2.811493Basin featuresGrid referenceNT395045

The Ettrick Water is a river in Ettrick, by the village of Ettrickbridge and the historic town of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.

Tweed tributaries

The water, a tributary of the River Tweed, is known also as the River Ettrick, often locally known as Wild Ettrick (though that title refers more correctly to the Ettrick Forest and the Ettrickdale), and it flows through the village, and its flood plain, the Ettrick Marshes. It is the second-fastest rising river in Scotland.

Carterhaugh, near the confluence of the Ettrick Water (foreground) and the Yarrow Water.
Ettrick Water from the air

See also

  • Rivers of Scotland
  • List of places in the Scottish Borders
  • Map sources for: NT171063 - source on Wind Fell / Loch Fell and NT 489323 - confluence with the River Tweed near Sunderland Hall, Lindean.
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River Tweed, Great Britain
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(upstream to downstream)Major tributaries
(upstream to downstream by confluence)Major bridges
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