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Many of the names of the District Councils which operated between 1975 and 1996 are still used to describe particular areas. This page therefore lists the districts which made up each of the 12 Regions into which Scotland was divided during. See the Subdivisions of Scotland page for details of current local authority areas, and for earlier county areas.

Key to Regions, 1975-1996:

  1. Strathclyde
  2. Dumfries and Galloway
  3. Scottish Borders
  4. Lothian
  5. Central Scotland
  6. Fife
  7. Tayside
  8. Grampian
  9. Highland
  10. Western Isles

Not Shown:

  • Orkney Islands
  • Shetland Islands
 Map Showing Regions of Scotland from 1975-1996Note About Image Copyright

Regions

Districts Within The Regions
Borders Berwickshire, Ettrick & Lauderdale, Roxburgh, Tweeddale
Central Clackmannan, Falkirk, Stirling
Dumfries & Galloway Annandale & Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry, Wigtown
Fife Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, North East Fife
Grampian City of Aberdeen, Banff and Buchan, Gordon, Kincardine and Deeside, Moray
Highland Badenoch and Strathspey, Caithness, Inverness, Lochaber, Nairn, Ross & Cromarty, Skye & Lochalsh, Sutherland
Lothian East Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Lothian
Orkney Islands Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands Shetland Islands
Strathclyde Argyll, Bearsden & Milngavie, Clydebank, Clydesdale, Cumbernauld & Kilsyth, Cumnock & Doon Valley, Cunninghame, Dumbarton, East Kilbride, Eastwood, City of Glasgow, Hamilton, Inverclyde, Kilmarnock & Loudoun, Kyle & Carrick, Monklands, Motherwell, Renfrew, Strathkelvin
Tayside Angus, City of Dundee, Perth & Kinross
Western Isles Western Isles

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