Eddleston Water
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| Eddleston Water | |
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| Nickname(s) | The Cuddy |
| Location | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Scottish Borders |
| Settlements | Eddleston, Redscarhead and Peebles |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Howgate |
| • location | Herbertshaw Farm |
| • coordinates | 55°48′06″N 003°11′25″W / 55.80167°N 3.19028°W |
| Mouth | River Tweed |
• location | Peebles |
• coordinates | 55°39′03″N 003°11′43″W / 55.65083°N 3.19528°W |
| Basin size | 69 km2 (27 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | River Tweed→ Solway Firth→ Irish Sea |
| River system | Solway Tweed |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Longcote Burn |
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Eddleston Water is a small river north of Peebles, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland which joins the River Tweed at Peebles.[1] It is also known locally as "The Cuddy".[2]
Eddleston Water rises near Mount Lothian and passes through Waterheads, Eddleston, Milkieston, Redscarhead, along the route of the A703, and into Peebles past crossburn, and Dalatho, where the Tree Bridge, on an old drove road,[3] and the Cuddy Bridge (just by brown brothers and squeaks old bit) cross it. The original bridge was constructed in the 15th century but was replaced in 1857 by the current bridge.[4]
When the Edinburgh to Peebles railway was built in the middle of the 19th century the river was straightened for much of its course which adversely affected the wildlife habitat and increased the speed of flow.[5] As a result, the river is liable to flooding.[6]
