Council HQ Landing Page

Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells

Why Newtown St Boswells?

When it was built as the headquarters of Roxburgh County Council in the early 1960's, it was thought to be in an ideal position due to its close proximity to Newtown St Boswells railway station. In those days the Waverley railway line gave access from both Edinburgh and Carlisle and beyond. Unfortunately, the railway closed in the mid-1960's. Fortunately, road transport has improved a lot since then and Newtown St Boswells is relatively easy to reach by car or bus.

Getting Here - By Road

Directions and maps are available for:

Getting to the region,
Getting from the edge of the region to the outskirts Newtown St. Boswells,
Getting off the A68, into Newton St.Boswells,
Locations of the Council offices within Newtown St. Boswells,
A plan of Council HQ, showing reception, meeting rooms and parking.

Maps and directions for getting to the Council HQ by road are also available as a printer-friendly document containing all the maps and directions. Although the maps use colour they are designed to be useable when printed in black and white. | print-friendly document |

Getting Here - By Bus

Services 29 and 30 from Edinburgh Waterloo Place Bus Station (currently operated by Munro's of Jedburgh) regularly stop outside of Council Headquarters.

Service 131 from Newcastle Bus Station (also operated by Munros of Jedburgh) also stops at Newtown St Boswells, but please note that this service only runs once per day.

Check your journey requirements here.

Getting Here - By Rail

When travelling to Council Headquarters by rail, you will arrive either at Edinburgh Waverley Station, Newcastle Central Station, Berwick Upon Tweed railway station or Carlisle railway station.

Check your journey requirements here.

Getting Here - By Air

The closest airports to Council Headquarters are either Edinburgh Airport or Newcastle Airport.

If you are landing at Edinburgh, you can hire a car and follow the Getting Here - By Road directions (above). Alternatively you can use the Airport bus to go to Edinburgh City centre, and then use the Getting Here - By Bus directions (above).

If you are landing at Newcastle Airport, the bus from Newcastle Bus Station (Service 131 operated by Munros of Jedburgh) stops at the airport, but please note that this service only runs once per day. Again, you could hire a car and follow the Getting Here - By Road directions (above).