Stay in Walkerburn
Entertainment & Activities
Go Ape Glentress, Peebles (Treetop Challenge, Zip Lines, High Ropes)
For families
Icycles
Unit 1 Leithen RdBike Hire and repair and tuition. Also buying essentials
Melrose Rugby Football Club
High StreetMelrose 7s early April annually
Arts & Culture
Peebles
Busy Scottish Borders Market town
Eastgate Theatre
EastgateRegular music and theatre productions.
The Pavilion Cinema
Market StreetOnly 8 miles to a cinema
Fascinating house and gardens open to the public April to October daily.
Cafe/restaurant/ Brewery and Maze
50 locals recommend
Traquair House
Fascinating house and gardens open to the public April to October daily.
Cafe/restaurant/ Brewery and Maze
Displays early printing presses and you can try the process using your skills
10 locals recommend
Robert Smail's Printing Works
High StreetDisplays early printing presses and you can try the process using your skills
Traquair House
The oldest continually inhabited major house in Scotland
Abbotsford The Home Of Sir Walter Scott
Sightseeing
Melrose Abbey
Abbey StreetRobert the Bruce's heart is buried hre.
Home fof Sir Walter Scott with museum and restaurant.
54 locals recommend
Abbotsford The Home Of Sir Walter Scott
Home fof Sir Walter Scott with museum and restaurant.
Oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. - a real tower house.
50 locals recommend
Traquair House
Oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. - a real tower house.
Neidpath Castle station
Oliver Cromwell was here with his cannon!
Home of Duke of Buccleuch.
Canaletto paintings, fab gardens and Go Ape in woodland
16 locals recommend
Bowhill House
Home of Duke of Buccleuch.
Canaletto paintings, fab gardens and Go Ape in woodland
Edinburgh Castle
CastlehillCrown jewels anyone?
Where the monks found the special curative waters and cast out the De'il himself!
10 locals recommend
St Ronan's Wells
Wells BraeWhere the monks found the special curative waters and cast out the De'il himself!
Shopping
Classic borders village with lots of small shops, pubs restaurants, take aways and cafes.
21 locals recommend
Innerleithen
Classic borders village with lots of small shops, pubs restaurants, take aways and cafes.
High Street
High Streetthis is a small town with all the necessary shops for your needs.
A rare High Street!
Food Scene
Walkerburn
Coffee shop and she will make take away lunches
The George Hotel
Galashiels RoadPub restaurant local
Shaws Fine Meats
56 High StFantastic local butcher
The Clovenfords Hotel
1 Vine StLocal pub/restaurant
Kids and adults can always catch a fish here!
Lovely restaurant in a classic steading
7 locals recommend
Kailzie Fishery
Kids and adults can always catch a fish here!
Lovely restaurant in a classic steading
Open later than 8pm and good food
14 locals recommend
Saffron - Innerleithen (Authentic Indian Restaurant and Takeaway)
68 High St Open later than 8pm and good food
Franco’s
Italian meals in Peebles
The Corner House
1 Chapel StRestaurant and bar open til 8pm
Traquair Arms Hotel
Traquair RoadTraditional food
Everything Else
Tweedbank
New Borders Railway terminus
Edinburgh Waverley Station
Princes StreetTravelling?
Kailzie Equestrian Centre
Hire a pony or horse or take a lesson
Linked with Napier University Edinburgh , this is our local Borders College and University.
Many and varied courses
Borders College station
Linked with Napier University Edinburgh , this is our local Borders College and University.
Many and varied courses
Mountain Biking
One of the best areas in the UK for trails and competitive events.
Choose your own - see www.Trailforks
or choose downhill , cross country or Enduro rides
Excellent 7 stanes centre for Bike hire and Dirt School and Go-Ape
29 locals recommend
Glentress Mountain Bike Trail Centre
Excellent 7 stanes centre for Bike hire and Dirt School and Go-Ape
Walkerburn