Walkerburn
Walkerburn is a village in Tweeddale, Scotland, with a population of around 760. It has around 1 restaurant and café, and 11 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Walkerburn area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Scottish Borders area is among the least deprived areas in Scotland (SIMD 2020).
- Council
- Scottish Borders
- County
- Tweeddale
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
- Police force
- Scotland
Weather
14°COvercast
- Today: 17° / 11° · 89% rain
- Tomorrow: 14° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:34
12h 54m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: St Andrew’s Day, Mon 30 Nov
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
19US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Auchencorth Moss, United Kingdom
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
33 food businesses within 2 miles
- 28 passed
- 3 need improvement
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 11 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Stow (12.6 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£191,555 average▲ 4.6% YoY
Across Scottish Borders · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
1 charging location within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 140 kW
- Nearest: Macdonald Cardrona Hotel (6.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches2
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
116,800 residents in Scottish Borders
- Under 16: 15%
- 16–64: 57%
- 65+: 28%
Source: ONS mid-year estimates (local authority)
Deprivation
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
Your MP
David Mundell
Conservative
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Recent votes:
- NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- NoClosure motion
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative / Independent coalition
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Parks & greens4
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
5,895 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
£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
Grid electricity
100% low-carbon electricity
Wind 75% · Nuclear 20% · Solar 5%
0 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for South Scotland · National Grid ESO
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership277 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills161 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
- Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50% for vehicles aged 20 to 39 years116 local signatures · 54,314 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Walkerburn railway station · 0.3 kmWalkerburn railway station served the village of Walkerburn, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1867 to 1962 on the Peebles Railway.
The Kirna · 1.0 kmThe Kirna, known locally as Kirna House, is a Category A listed villa in Walkerburn, Peeblesshire, Scotland. It is one of three villas in Walkerburn designed by Frederick Thomas Pilkington between 1866 and 1869 for th…
Walkerburn · 1.2 kmWalkerburn is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A72 about 8 miles (13 km) from Peebles and 10 miles (16 km) from Galashiels.
Innerleithen · 2.7 kmInnerleithen is a market town and civil parish in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was formerly in the historic county of Peeblesshire or Tweeddale. It had a population of 3,152 i…
Robert Smail's Printing Works · 2.9 kmRobert Smail's Printing Works is a fully functional Victorian era letterpress printing works in the small Scottish Borders town of Innerleithen, now preserved by The National Trust for Scotland as an Industrial Herita…
Innerleithen railway station · 3.0 kmInnerleithen railway station served the town of Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, Scotland from 1864 to 1962 on the Peebles Railway.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Walkerburn?
- Walkerburn is a town in Tweeddale, Scotland, in the Scottish Borders local authority.
- What is the population of Walkerburn?
- Walkerburn has an approximate settlement population of 760.
- How deprived is Walkerburn?
- The Scottish Borders local authority, which includes Walkerburn, is among the least deprived areas in Scotland on the SIMD 2020.