List of twin towns and sister cities in Scotland

This is a list of places in Scotland having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.

Sign in Carnoustie with its twin town
Map of Scotland

A

Aberdeen[1]

Aberdour[2]

Abernethy[3]

Aboyne[4]

Airdrie[5]

Angus[6][7]

Annan[8]

Anstruther[2]

Argyll and Bute[9]

Ayr[10]

B

Birnam[11]

Blairgowrie and Rattray[3]

Bonnyrigg[12]

Bothwell[13]

Burntisland[2]

C

Carnoustie[14]

Clackmannanshire[15]

Coatbridge[16]

Coldstream[17]

Comrie[3]

Cumbernauld[18]

D

Dalgety Bay and Hillend[19]

Dalkeith[20]

Danderhall[21]

Dull[22]

Dumfries[23][24]

Dunbar[25]

Dundee[26]

Dunfermline[2]

Dunkeld[11]

Duns[27]

E

Earlston[28]

East Ayrshire[29]

East Dunbartonshire[30][31]

East Kilbride[32]

East Lothian[25]

East Renfrewshire[33]

Edinburgh[34][35]

Edzell[36]

Elgin[37]

Ellon[38]

Errol[3]

Eyemouth[39]

F

Falkirk[40][41]

Fochabers[37]

Fife[2]

Forfar[42]

Forres[43][44]

Fort William[45]

  • Dudley, England, United Kingdom

Fraserburgh[46]

G

Girvan[10]

Glasgow[47][48]

Glenrothes[2]

Grangemouth[49]

H

Haddington[25]

Hamilton[50]

Hawick[51]

Helensburgh[52]

I

Innerleithen[53]

Inverness[54]

Inverurie[55]

Irvine[56]

J

Jedburgh[57]

K

Kelso[58][59]

Kilmacolm[60]

Kilmarnock[29]

Kilsyth[61]

Kinross[3]

Kirkcaldy[2]

Kirriemuir[62]

L

Lanark[63]

Largs[64]

Larkhall[65]

Lasswade[12]

Lerwick[66]

Letham[67]

Leven[2][68]

Linlithgow[69]

Loanhead[70]

Lossiemouth[37]

Lower Largo[2]

M

Maybole[10]

Moffat[71]

Monifieth[72]

Montrose[73]

Musselburgh[25]

N

Newport-on-Tay[2]

North Ayrshire[74]

North Lanarkshire[75][76]

O

Oban[77]

Orkney[78]

P

Paisley[79]

Peebles[80]

Penicuik[81]

Perth[3]

Peterhead[82]

Pitlochry[3]

Prestwick[10]

S

Selkirk[83]

South Ayrshire[10]

South Lanarkshire[84]

St Andrews[85]

Stepps[86]

Stirling[87]

Stonehaven[88]

Stornoway[89]

T

Thurso[90]

Troon[10]

W

West Dunbartonshire[91]

West Lothian[92][93]

Wick[94]

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