{{Short description|Village in Scotland, UK}} '''Broadmeadows''' is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A708 near Selkirk. thumb|Broadmeadows Youth Hostel, opened 2 May 1931 It is known for having Scotland's first youth hostel, which was converted from a row of four cottages by the late William Stewart Morton, and opened by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association as Broadmeadows Youth Hostel on 2 May 1931.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Browse Resources: Records of the Scottish Youth Hostels Association {{!}} Archives and Manuscript Catalogue |url=https://manuscripts.nls.uk/repositories/2/resources/4279# |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=manuscripts.nls.uk}}</ref> It is located in secluded woodland in the Yarrow Valley.
Broadmeadows Youth Hostel and villagers featured in the short film ''As Long as You're Young'' (1962)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full record for 'AS LONG AS YOU'RE YOUNG' (2804) - Moving Image Archive catalogue |url=https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2804 |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=movingimage.nls.uk}}</ref> (12'50" - 13'40"), produced by [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0332763 Glasgow Films Ltd], and catalogued by the National Library of Scotland.
Places nearby include Boleside, Bowhill, Caddonfoot, Ettrickbridge, Lindean, Philiphaugh, Sundhope, Yarrow Water and Yarrowford.
==See also== *List of places in the Scottish Borders *List of places in Scotland
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==External links== *[http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=145697 RCAHMS record for Broadmeadows, Bridge] *[http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-112-612-C SCRAN image: Opening of the first Youth Hostel at Broadmeadows, Yarrow Valley] *[http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-112-727-C SCRAN image: Shepherd and family at Yarrowford, Broadmeadows] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100205065917/http://www.syha.org.uk/hostels/borders/broadmeadows/travel.aspx Scottish Youth Hostel Association: Broadmeadows hostel, the first SYHA hostel in Scotland, started in 1931] *[http://www.selkirk.bordernet.co.uk/news/images/1255-4.html Selkirk News: Flooding in Selkirk and Broadmeadows] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100731074309/http://www.sirwalterscottway.fsnet.co.uk/com.html The Sir Walter Scott Way]
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Category:Villages in the Scottish Borders