Guidebook for Gattonside
Food Scene
A 5 minute walk from the house Seasons offers seasonal menus using the best of Scottish Borders produce. Open Wed-Sun: Dinner from 6pm Fri-Sun: Lunch 12:00 - 2:30pm. A favourite of ours.
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Seasons
A 5 minute walk from the house Seasons offers seasonal menus using the best of Scottish Borders produce. Open Wed-Sun: Dinner from 6pm Fri-Sun: Lunch 12:00 - 2:30pm. A favourite of ours.
A famous family owned hotel, restaurant and bar in the style off an old coaching inn. Popular with locals and visitors alike. Checkout the hotel opposite which is also in the family and has a good fixed price menu option.
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Burts Hotel
Market SquareA famous family owned hotel, restaurant and bar in the style off an old coaching inn. Popular with locals and visitors alike. Checkout the hotel opposite which is also in the family and has a good fixed price menu option.
For light bites and some amazing cakes. Everything freshly made.
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Apples for Jam
14 High StFor light bites and some amazing cakes. Everything freshly made.
Find all your fruit and vegetables here, as well as local honey and the best price on cans of San Pellegrino (our favourite drink).
W.A. Williamson
High StreetFind all your fruit and vegetables here, as well as local honey and the best price on cans of San Pellegrino (our favourite drink).
Simply Delicious
13 Morow GardensDelicious ice cream, hand made chocolates and gifts.
Pick your own soft fruit. We pick all our fruit here, for our jams. A big hit with the kids. Onsite cafe and toilets.
Border Berries
Pick your own soft fruit. We pick all our fruit here, for our jams. A big hit with the kids. Onsite cafe and toilets.
Enjoy great Italian food, antiques and vintage in the village of Denholm.
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The Denholm Meet
1 WestsideEnjoy great Italian food, antiques and vintage in the village of Denholm.
Entertainment & Activities
The Pavilion is a family operated independent 4 screen cinema. All screens are fully digital and we have two 3D systems. Showing all the latest films.
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The Pavilion Cinema
Market StreetThe Pavilion is a family operated independent 4 screen cinema. All screens are fully digital and we have two 3D systems. Showing all the latest films.
Great place to take the kids. Playpark, easy walks, cafe, ice cream & craft workshops.
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Besucherzentrum Harestanes Countryside
Great place to take the kids. Playpark, easy walks, cafe, ice cream & craft workshops.
Rubers Law
Another great hill to climb.
A cafe (great scones), antiques and second hand books. Lovely woodland walks and along the River Tweed. The original location of Melrose thought no signs remain.
Old Melrose
A cafe (great scones), antiques and second hand books. Lovely woodland walks and along the River Tweed. The original location of Melrose thought no signs remain.
Sightseeing
Walter Scott loved this view, looking towards the Eildon Hills. It is said that the horse pulling his hearse to Dryburgh Abbey where he's buried, stopped here as he did every day with Sir Walter.
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Scott's View
B6356Walter Scott loved this view, looking towards the Eildon Hills. It is said that the horse pulling his hearse to Dryburgh Abbey where he's buried, stopped here as he did every day with Sir Walter.
Arts & Culture
A small museum run mainly by volunteers covering the history of the Romans at Trimontium and in the wider Borders.
Trimontium Museum of Roman Scotland
Market SquareA small museum run mainly by volunteers covering the history of the Romans at Trimontium and in the wider Borders.
Located in the centre of Melrose (one of 4 local Abbeys - Dryburgh, Kelso and Jedburgh). Significant because it is reputedly where King Robert Bruce heart is buried.
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Melrose Abbey
Abbey StreetLocated in the centre of Melrose (one of 4 local Abbeys - Dryburgh, Kelso and Jedburgh). Significant because it is reputedly where King Robert Bruce heart is buried.
The home of Sir Walter Scott "the man who put the Scott in Scotland". House, garden, visitor centre and a lovely restaurant set on the edge of the River Tweed.
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Abbotsford The Home Of Sir Walter Scott
The home of Sir Walter Scott "the man who put the Scott in Scotland". House, garden, visitor centre and a lovely restaurant set on the edge of the River Tweed.
A peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles (8 km) west of Kelso. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside. The tower is located at grid reference NT637346, just west of Sandyknowe farm, and is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument in the care of Historic Scotland. In June, 2007 it was awarded the maximum "five-star" status as a tourist attraction from VisitScotland, a rating bestowed on only eight other sites in Scotland.
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Smailholm Tower
Sandyknowe FarmA peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles (8 km) west of Kelso. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside. The tower is located at grid reference NT637346, just west of Sandyknowe farm, and is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument in the care of Historic Scotland. In June, 2007 it was awarded the maximum "five-star" status as a tourist attraction from VisitScotland, a rating bestowed on only eight other sites in Scotland.
A small museum in Peebles, dedicated to the life of author John Buchan, who loved the area. You can take an audio tour of the town from the musuem.
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John Buchan Story Museum
High StreetA small museum in Peebles, dedicated to the life of author John Buchan, who loved the area. You can take an audio tour of the town from the musuem.
Shopping
An award winning bookstore, deli, gift shop and cafe. A great collection of books with a large children's section (and book nooks for small people to retreat to with a book). A programme of author visits and and demonstrations.
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The Mainstreet Trading Company
23 Main StAn award winning bookstore, deli, gift shop and cafe. A great collection of books with a large children's section (and book nooks for small people to retreat to with a book). A programme of author visits and and demonstrations.
Run by the local Crafters Association, an ever-changing selection of good, quality local crafts.
The Crafters
Market SquareRun by the local Crafters Association, an ever-changing selection of good, quality local crafts.
Essentials
Well stocked grocery store, with a good selection of wines and beers. Parking on site and a cash machine.
Co-op Food - Melrose - High Street
High StreetWell stocked grocery store, with a good selection of wines and beers. Parking on site and a cash machine.
Getting Around
The nearest train station with trains to Edinburgh. Lots of parking and a small cabin selling coffee, cakes and newspapers.
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Tweedbank station
The nearest train station with trains to Edinburgh. Lots of parking and a small cabin selling coffee, cakes and newspapers.