River Leader

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The River Leader, or Leader Water, is a small tributary of the River Tweed in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders. It flows southwards from the Lammermuir Hills through the towns of Lauder and Earlston, joining the River Tweed at Leaderfoot.

The journey

The feeder burns of the Leader Water are the Headshaw Burn, the Hillhouse Burn and the Kelphope Burn. They combine at the Carfrae mill hotel and the village of Oxton. The river is now sandwiched between the A68 and the A697, and it has absorbed the Cleekhimin Burn, Harry Burn, Washing Burn and Earnscleugh Burn. The Leader Water now passes to the east of the town of Lauder, by Thirlestane Castle. The A679 bridges the river which continues past Lauder Barns, West Mains and St. Leonards where the Leader receives his final feeder burn, the Boondreigh Burn. It now sticks closely by the A68, near the Whitslaid Tower, the Blainslies, Galadean, Birkhill, Chapel-on-Leader and Leadervale. After passing through the outskirts of Earlston, the course of the river is almost done, as it skirts some woodland, and after passing Drygrange, it joins the Tweed at Leaderfoot Viaduct.

Nearby are Scott's View, Bemersyde House, Bemersyde Moss, Carolside, Dryburgh Abbey, the William Wallace Statue and the Roman forts at Newstead (Trimontium).

River Tweed tributaries

Whiteadder Water, Blackadder Water
River Till, Eden Water, River Teviot, River Leader, Leithen Water, Quair Water, Eddleston Water, Manor Water, Lyne Water, Holms Water

Gallery

Leader Water at Oxton Mains
Leader Water at New Mills, Scottish Borders
Leader Water at New Mills

References

External links

v t e River Tweed, Great Britain

Administrative areas	Scottish Borders Scotland Northumberland England

Flows into	North Sea

Towns (upstream to downstream)	Tweedsmuir Peebles Innerleithen Walkerburn Galashiels Melrose Newstead St Boswells Kelso Coldstream Berwick-upon-Tweed

Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)	Cor Water Talla Water Holms Water Lyne Water Manor Water Quair Water Leithen Water Caddon Water Ettrick Water Yarrow Water Gala Water River Leader River Teviot River Till Whiteadder Water Blackadder Water

Major bridges (upstream to downstream)	Neidpath Viaduct Tweed Bridge Yair Bridge Leaderfoot Viaduct Dryburgh Bridge Mertoun Bridge Rennie Bridge Hunter Bridge Coldstream Bridge Ladykirk and Norham Bridge Union Bridge A1 bridge, River Tweed Royal Border Bridge Royal Tweed Bridge Berwick Bridge

Longest UK rivers Severn Thames Trent Great Ouse Wye Ure/Ouse Tay Spey Clyde Tweed Avon Nene Eden Dee

Coordinates: 55°36′23″N 2°40′20″W / 55.60643°N 2.67225°W / 55.60643; -2.67225

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