Eating, Drinking & Local Attractions

Eating & Drinking

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• The Border Hotel A varied menu using the very best seasonal produce. The Green, Yetholm, TD5 8PQ.

• The Buccleuch Arms Hotel Uses as many local ingredients as possible. The Green, St Boswells, TD6 0EW

• The Cobbles Inn British, Pacific Rim and modern European cuisines. 7 Bowmont Street, Kelso, TD5 7JH.

• The Cross Keys Inn Real Ales, Bar Suppers, Accommodation. The Green, Ancrum, TD8 6XH.

• Edenwater House STB 5 Star Restaurant with Rooms. Ednam, Kelso, TD5 7QL.

• Oscars Wine Bar and Restaurant Combines a taste of the mediterranean with Scotland's natural larder. 35-37 Horsemarket, Kelso, TD5 7HE.

• The Queens Head Hotel 24 Bridge Street, Kelso, TD5 7JD.

• The Roxburghe Hotel & Golf Course Awarded 1 AA Rosette. Heiton, By Kelso, TD5 8JZ. STB 4 Star Hotel.

• Scottish Borders Restaurant and Bar Traditional homemade food. Abbotsford Arms Hotel, 63 Stirling Street, Galashiels, TD1 1BY.

• Taste of Spice Authentic Indian food. 3 Market Place, Selkirk, TD7 4BT.

• The Waggon Inn Home cooked food offerings to suit all tastes. 10 Coal Market, Kelso, TD5 7AH.

Local Attractions

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• Border Abbeys Tour Driving tour taking in the great Border Abbeys. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Cessford Castle Remains of a massive but little known castle. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Coldstream Museum The history of the Coldstream Guards and the Parish of Coldstream. Market Square, Coldstream TD12 4BD. STB 4 Star Museum.

• Dryburgh Abbey Beautifully sited abbey ruin on the banks of the River Tweed. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Falconry Scotland Offering visitors the opportunities for handling falcons, hawks, owls and eagles. Jedforest Falconry, 4 Mervinslaw Farm Cottages, Jedburgh TD8 6PL.

• Flodden Field The 1513 location, just south of the border, of Scotland's worst defeat at the hands of the English. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Floors Castle & Gardens The largest inhabited castle in Scotland and ancestral home of the Dukes of Roxburghe. Roxburghe Estates Office, Kelso TD5 7SF.

• Hirsel Country Park Set in the beautiful Scottish Borders, the Park can be found on the western outskirts of Coldstream, which marks the border between Scotland and England. STB 4 Star Attraction.

• Jedburgh Abbey Extremely well preserved abbey ruins on south side of Jedburgh. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Jedburgh Castle Jail and Museum Relive the harsh realities of prison life in the 19th Century. Castlegate, Jedburgh TD8 6QD. STB 3 Star Museum.

• Jedforest Deer & Farm Park Nestling in the Jed Valley with views over the Cheviot Hills, Jedforest Deer & Farm Park is set in the rolling countryside of the Scottish Borders. Mervinslaw Estate, Camptown, Jedburgh TD8 6PL.

• Kelso Abbey The fragmentary but still imposing remains of this abbey on the edge of Kelso. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Mary Queen of Scots Visitor Centre The tragic life and times of Mary Queen of Scots, who visited the town in 1566. Queen Street, Jedburgh TD8 6EN. STB 4 Star Museum.

• Mellerstain House Superb Georgian house by William and Robert Adam. Gordon, Berwickshire, TD3 6LG.

• Mertoun House Gardens A very extensive garden extending to some 26 acres. Probably in existence for some 350 years. On the B6404, St Boswells to Kelso road.

• Smailholm Tower Fascinating tower house on a rocky outcrop. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)

• Teviot Water Gardens Because of the topological characteristics of the site, the garden has been created as a series of terraces. Both moving and still water mirror the expanse of the river below. Kirkbank House, Kelso TD5 8LE.

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