Coldstream (, ) is a town and
civil parish in the
Scottish Borders area of
Scotland. It lies on the north bank of the
River Tweed in
Berwickshire, while
Northumberland in
England lies to the south bank, with
Cornhill-on-Tweed the nearest village. A former
burgh, Coldstream is the home of the
Coldstream Guards, a
regiment in the
British Army, and is the location where
Edward I of England invaded Scotland in 1296. At the 2001 census, the town had a population of 1,813, which was estimated to have risen to 2,050 by 2006. The parish, in 2001, had a population of 2,186.