Jedburgh Abbey (4 Miles)*
Jedburgh Abbey is one of the border abbeys founded by David I around 1138 for Augustinian canons. |
Dryburgh Abbey (12 Miles)*
Both beautifully situated and of intrinsic quality, the ruins of the Premonstratensian abbey at Dryburgh are remarkably complete. |
Smailholm Tower (14 Miles)*
Sited high on a rocky outcrop, Smailholm is a small rectangular tower set within a stone barmkin wall. |
Priorwood Gardens (15 Miles)*
Priorwood is a specialist garden where the plants grown are selected for their suitability for drying. |
Melrose Abbey (15 Miles)*
Melrose Abbey is probably the most famous ruin in Scotland. It was founded by David I around 1136 as a Cistercian abbey, but largely destroyed by Richard II's English army in 1385. |
Harmony Garden (15 Miles)*
A delightfully tranquil walled garden comprising lawns, herbaceous and mixed borders, vegetable and fruit areas, and a rich display of spring bulbs. |
Mellerstain (16 Miles)*
Mellerstain, one of Scotland's great Georgian houses was begun in 1725 by William Adam and completed several years later by his famous son, Robert. |
Bowhill House & Country Park (17 Miles)*
The Scottish Borders home of the Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry KT, is in the centre of an extensive estate of hills and valleys where history and landscape combine to provide a unique experience. |
Thirlestane Castle (22 Miles)*
Thirlestane, one of the oldest and finest castles in Scotland is set in lovely Border hills at Lauder, 28 miles south of Edinburgh and 68 miles north of Newcastle, on the A68. |
Cragside (24 Miles)*
Built on a bare and rugged hillside above Rothbury in the 1880s, Cragside became one of the most modern and suprising houses for its time in the country - it was the first house in the world to be lit by hydro-electricity. |
Traquair House (24 Miles)*
Visit romantic Traquair where Alexander I signed a charter over 800 years ago and where the 'modern wings' were completed in 1680. |
Robert Smail's Printing Works (25 Miles)*
Step back in time at this completely restored printing works and see how printing was done at the beginning of the 20th Century. |
Alnwick Castle (31 Miles)*
Alnwick Castle, the Home of the Duke of Northumberland, is the second largest inhabited castle in England and home of the Percy family since 1309. |
Neidpath Castle (31 Miles)*
An authentic 14th century castle converted to a tower house (17th century), the erstwhile home of Fraser, Hay and Douglas families, set in a wooded gorge of the River Tweed. |
Bamburgh Castle (33 Miles)*
Standing on a rocky outcrop overlooking miles of beautiful sandy beach, Bamburgh Castle dominates the Northumbrian landscape. |
