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News ans Events in the Scottish Borders
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Small towns like Kelso and Peebles,
unspoiled in their rural setting, unveil to the visitor the
timeless appeal of Scotland – breathing space, charming locations
and friendly people, spirited and generous.
All this is evident at the colourful festivals of the Border
Ridings hosted in many towns. Another special characteristic
is the choice of grand homes and castles to visit.
Just north of the Border, Paxton House is a handsome mansion
with a picture gallery which is part of the National Galleries
of Scotland.
Floors Castle, on the edge of Kelso, is said to be the largest
inhabited home in Scotland. Traquair House near Innerleithen
is the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland.
Many of these properties have fine gardens, another Scottish
Borders characteristic. Other gardens to visit include Dawyck,
west of Peebles, an outstation of Edinburgh's Royal Botanical
Gardens - and Priorwood, beside Melrose Abbey.
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Visit Scotland - Borders Regional Info
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If you are contemplating a visit to the Scottish
Borders, you have a wonderful treat in store, world
famous for its equestrian heritage. For centuries the undulating Southern
Uplands with their mystical, rolling hills and intriguing wooded ‘hopes’ and
‘cleuchs’ harboured a culture of tough, fighting men. The Border Reivers, who
thieved cattle to settle scores and to keep themselves and their families alive
are now notorious the world over. These men depended entirely on the horse for
their survival. horse riding in the scottish borders. 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.
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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Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Coldstream |
Duns |
Earlston |
Eyemouth |
Galashiels |
Gordon |
Hawick |
Innerleithen |
Jedburgh |
Melrose |
Lauder |
Langholm
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Kelso
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Newcastleton
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Peebles
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Selkirk
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Westruther |
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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. 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. 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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