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Lauder Common Riding

Lauder is proud to be one of the original Border Common Ridings, with references to the festival dating back to the 1600s. The Common Riding…...

date_range 2nd August, 2025 - 2nd August, 2025

Langholm Common Riding

Langholm Common Riding began in 1759 and the traditions carried out by Bauldy Beattie and the fathers of the Common Riding continue with as much…...

date_range 25th July, 2025 - 25th July, 2025

Selkirk Common Riding

Selkirk Common Riding commemorates how, after the disastrous Battle of Flodden in 1513, from the eighty men that left the town, only one – Fletcher…...

date_range 13th June, 2025 - 13th June, 2025

Hawick Common Riding

The Hawick Common-Riding is the first of the Border Common Ridings and celebrates both the capture of an English Flag in 1514 by the youth…...

date_range 5th June, 2025 - 6th June, 2025

Royal Burgh of Sanquhar Riding of the Marches

Annual Riding of the Marches, first recorded 1730, Cornet, Cornets Lass and Ensignalong with followers, over 150 horses set out on the Saturday to check…...

date_range 16th August, 2025 - 16th August, 2025

Gatehouse of Fleet Gala

The Gala Week held at the end of July at Gatehouse of Fleet is a typical series of summer celebrations in the Border tradition including…...

date_range 27th July, 2025 - 3rd August, 2025

Coldstream Civic Week

Coldstream Riders Association organise the rideouts during Coldstream Civic Week in August each year. Our rideouts go to Norham, Birgham Leitholm and of course the…...

date_range 7th August, 2025 - 7th August, 2025

Annan Riding of the Marches

The Marches or boundaries of Annan have been ridden since the town was created a Royal Burgh more than 600 years ago. Each year in…...

date_range 5th July, 2025 - 5th July, 2025

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