Copshaw Holm

14°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 10° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:36

12h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

43US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom

87 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 141 casualties · 7.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 5 passed
• 3 need improvement

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£191,555 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Scottish Borders · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 25 kW
• Nearest: Newcastleton Community Service Station (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

116,800 residents in Scottish Borders

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in Scotland

2% of neighbourhoods are in Scotland’s most deprived 10%; 6% in the most deprived 20%

Source: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020

John Lamont

Conservative

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,895 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£708 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,427 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

95% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 73% · Solar 15% · Wind 6% · Imports 5%

1 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership319 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s275 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office207 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills153 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test143 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Castleton, Scottish Borders · 0.1 km

  Castleton is a civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire, in the extreme south of the Borders area. It is bounded by Northumberland (England), Dumfries and Galloway, and the pa…

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  Newcastleton railway station · 0.2 km

  Newcastleton railway station served the village of Newcastleton, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1862 to 1969 on the Border Union Railway.

• Newcastleton · 0.3 km

  Newcastleton, also called Copshaw Holm, is a village in Liddesdale, the Scottish Borders, a few miles from the border with England, on the Liddel Water. It is within the county of Roxburghshire. It is the site of Herm…

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  Ettleton · 1.6 km

  Ettleton is a village near Castleton, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.

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  Mangerton Tower · 2.2 km

  Mangerton Tower is a ruined Scottish tower castle house formerly belonging to the Armstrong family.

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  Liddel Castle · 3.6 km

  Liddel Castle is a ruined castle in Liddesdale, by the Liddel Water, near Castleton in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Roxburghshire. Liddel Castle is a scheduled monument.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)