Bowhill House & Country Park |
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House and Country Park
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."When summer smiled on Sweet Bowhill, and July's eve with balmy breath, waved the bluebells on Newark Heath, ….the aged Harper's Soul awoke"
Bowhill, much as Sir Walter Scott saw it in the "Lay of the
Last Minstrel", is there for all to enjoy.
Outstanding art collection with works by Canaletto, Claude, Raeburn, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Ruysdael. Its fine rooms display tapestries superb French furniture, Sevres and Meissen china and silver.
There are strong associations with such historic characters as James Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, Queen Victoria and Sir Walter Scott.
Miles of paths meander through beautiful woodland, parkland and alongside lochs and rivers. This
historic landscape, a model of integrated land-use, provides a perfect haven for wildlife.
Admission to Country Park includes all courtyard attractions.
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Opening Times
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(2007 times)
House: Daily in July 1.00pm - 5.00pm.Outwith these times by appointment to educational groups Country Park: Easter to end August. Opening times vary - please telephone. |
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Admission Charges
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(2007 prices)
House and Park:Adult £7.00; Child (under 16yrs) £3.00; Senior Citizens £5.00; Group £5.00 per person Country Park Only: Adult £3.00; Child (under 16yrs) £3.00; Senior Citizen £2.00. Family tickets and season tickets available. |
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Directions
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| Bowhill is situated 3 miles west of Selkirk on the A708 Moffat/St. Mary's Loch road. |
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Nearby Attractions
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Traquair House
(7 Miles)*
Visit romantic Traquair where Alexander I signed a charter over 800 years ago and where the 'modern wings' were completed in 1680. |
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Abbotsford House
(7 Miles)*
Abbotsford is the house built and lived in by Sir Walter Scott, the 19th century novelist, and author of timeless classics such as Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and The Lady of the Lake. |
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Robert Smail's Printing Works
(8 Miles)*
Step back in time at this completely restored printing works and see how printing was done at the beginning of the 20th Century. |
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