Southdean

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = Scotland

| official_name = Southdean

| gaelic_name =

| scots_name = Soothdean

| static_image_name = The road leading down to Southdean Farm - geograph.org.uk - 3071486.jpg

| static_image_caption = A6088 road through Southdean

| language = English

| language1 = Southern Scots

| map_type = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|55.3761|-2.5835|display=inline,title}}

| os_grid_reference = NT631092

| unitary_scotland = Scottish Borders

| lieutenancy_scotland = Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale

| constituency_westminster = Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

| post_town = HAWICK

| postcode_district = TD9

| postcode_area = TD

| dial_code = 01450

}}

Southdean is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the A6088, by the Jed Water and in the Wauchope Forest area. Other settlements nearby include Abbotrule, Bedrule, Bonchester Bridge, Denholm, Hallrule, Hobkirk and the Swinnie Forest.

Ruins which can be seen nearby include the remains of Southdean Old Parish Church, the remains of Dykeraw Tower, and the remains of Slack's Tower.

James Telfer (1802 - 1862) was born in Southdean, and wrote ballads about farming life, typically with a zoological slant.