Melrose
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  Melrose Location within the Scottish Borders | |
| Population | 2,500 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NT5434 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MELROSE |
| Postcode district | TD6 |
| Dialling code | 01896 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Melrose (Scottish Gaelic: Maolros, "bald moor")[2] is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire.[3] It lies within the Eildon committee area of Scottish Borders Council.
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Gaelic Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir (2003)" (PDF). Scottish.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Database: Melrose". Gaelic Place-names of Scotland. Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2011.