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Scottish Borders Archive & Local History Centre

The collections at the Heritage Hub include material relating to:

• Families and local communities • Census, births, marriages and deaths • Land ownership from the 16th Century • Local business records including textile, fishing and farming industries • Government, law and order, and schools • Famous Borderers, such as Sir Walter Scott, Mungo Park and James Hogg.

The staff can help with:
• Research • Guidance on depositing records • Preservation and storing your own records • Talks and visits to the archive • Curriculum sources and education packs • Exhibitions

Visiting the archives
Everyone is welcome to visit the archives. Visitors to the Hub will benefit from a comfortable searchroom with capacity for twenty researchers. When you visit the archive for the first time you will be asked to register: please bring two forms of identification, one of which must be photographic. Booking in advance for research space is advised.

Opening Times

Monday 10am - 4:45pm
Tuesday 10am - 7:45pm
(Wed pre-arranged tours and talks only)
Thursday 10am - 7:45pm
Friday 10am - 4:45pm
Saturday 10am - 4:45pm (closed 1-2pm)

Contact the Heritage Hub

Heritage Hub
Towerdykeside
Hawick
TD9 9EA
Phone: 01450 360 699
Email: archives@scotborders.gov.uk.