Roxburgh

Roxburgh
View of the ruins of Roxburgh castle, open country with the River Tweed and, in the distance, Floors Castle.
Roxburgh is located in Scottish Borders
Roxburgh
Roxburgh
Location within the Scottish Borders
Population419 (2001)
OS grid referenceNT713337
Civil parish
  • Roxburgh
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKELSO
Postcode districtTD5
Dialling code01573
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
55°35′47″N 2°27′22″W / 55.5965°N 2.4562°W / 55.5965; -2.4562

Roxburgh (/ˈrɒksbərə/) is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at least as much importance as Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, for a time acting as de facto capital (as royal residence of David I).