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Things to do in
the Scottish Borders
Scottish
Borders - For holidays &
short breaks in Scotland's Border Country. Quality accommodation,
hotels, B&B, Guest House & Self Catering. A superb range of
Visitor Attractions and Castles, indoor & outdoor activities,
golf, cycling, walking & fishing, horse riding, Mountain Biking,
Sports and Sporting activities.
Visitors can enjoy a wide range of attractions,
including magnificent historic houses, great Border abbeys, telling their tale
of Border feuds with England, and working woollen mills and craft workshops.
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Gardens |
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Edrom Nurseries |
Eyemouth,
alpine and woodland plants, rhodeodendrons, walks etc |
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Monteviot House Gardens |
Jedburgh, water
garden, pinetum etc |
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Teviot Water Gardens |
Kelso, three level
water garden |
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Priorswood Gardens |
Melrose,
speciality garden and orchards - dried plants, ancient apple varieties etc |
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Harmony Gardens |
Melrose, tranquil
walled garden |
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Kailzie Gardens |
Peebles,
wild and walled gardens, woodland walks etc |
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Mertoun Gardens |
St Boswells, 26
acre garden and walled kitchen garden |
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Dawyck Botanic Gardens |
Stobo, arboretum
outpost of
Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh |
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Visitor Attractions |
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St Mary's Loch
- http://www.stmarysloch.com/main.htm |
on the A708
between Selkirk and Moffat, water
sports, walks and cycling |
| Grey Mares Tail - http://www.aboutscotland.com/water/gmt.html |
a few miles SW
of St Mary's Loch - waterfall and walks |
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Harestanes Visitor
Centre |
Ancrum, Jedburgh
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countryside walks, activities, wildlife etc, phone: 01835 830306
for details |
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Glentress Forest |
Peebles,
forest walks / activities / cycling |
Activities
Golf -
play where Mary Queen of Scots played! Musselburgh Links Tel: 0131-665-5438.
Click on Golf to access lots of other good local courses!
Cycling - get on your bike
and tour Pentland Park (mountain bike required) or the region using local
cycle ways. Click on cycling for information on routes. Hire
your bike from Robin Williamson at
www.biketrax.co.uk
Fishing -
catch a trout for your supper! There are lots of local lochs where you
can try your luck.
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Pony Trekking - ride
over the Pentland Hills on beautiful Icelandic ponies!
REGIONAL INFORMATION
The Scottish Borders, south of the countries
capital city, Edinburgh, is an area of tranquil villages, bustling textile towns
and varied scenery, including a wild coastline running northwards from the
border by Berwick- upon Tweed.
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Visit the Scottish Borders for the day or
take a short break holiday for a few days or more, anytime of the year in this
lowland part of Scotland demonstrates the changing seasons at their
best! Scotland's Leading short break destination offers quality
accommodation, hotels, B&B, Guest Houses; Self-Catering. For great holidays & short breaks in Scotland's Border Country.
- Visit the Scottish Borders for the day or
take a short break holiday for a few days or more, Springtime in this
lowland part of Scotland demonstrates the changing seasons at their
best! Scotland's Leading short break destination offers quality
accommodation, cottages, B&B, Guest Houses; Self-Catering. A superb
range of Visitor Attractions and Castles, indoor & outdoor
activities, golf, cycling, walking, fishing & horse riding For
holidays & short breaks in Scotland's Border Country, contact Scottish
Borders Tourist Board.
The adventures of the old time reivers (Border
raiders) are still recounted in song and ballad today. Drumlanrig's Tower in
Hawick, largest of the Scottish Borders towns, portrays life in former days,
while the town of Selkirk claims that its Common Riding is the largest mounted
gathering anywhere in Europe. |
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