Out & About

Explore Border Country

Come to Berwick and Borders to experience the many Festivals that run throughout the year.
Arts, Literary, Food, Beer and many more. The Border Book Festival at Melrose in June is not to be missed

New Attractions In Our Area

If you like Whisky and want fascinating information about Anglo Saxon Northumberland why not book a tasting or a tour at Ad Gefrin in Wooler https://adgefrin.co.uk/

Another distillery to visit is the Glenkinchie Distillery in East Lothian for bookings Call in at historic Hawick and pop into the beautiful visitor centre/distillery and is making whisky in the Borders for the first time since 1837. 
http://www.malts.com/
http://www.thebordersdistillery.com/

Many visitors call in to Duns and visit the https://jimclarktrust.com/jim-clark-motorsport-museum to find out about our very own world champion.
* Great walks by Duns Castle nearby.

Cycling and Walkers will want to explore the newly opened coast to coast path which runs from Eyemouth to Stanraer called Kirkpatrick C2C. The Tweed Cycleway, Sandstone Way and the St Cuthberts Way are now well established as is the Northumberland Coast Path to Holy Island and good for seeing some beautiful scenery. In Berwickshire the Southern Upland Way goes from Grantshouse through stunning landscapes and ids full of peace and tranquility

Lindisfarne (Holy Island)
Coast and Country, Wildlife and Seasons

Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, can only be reached by tidal causeway.A place of great pilgrimage, even  today, and the end of the St. Cuthbert’s Way footpath.
This starts at ruined Cistercian abbey in Melrose and crosses the Cheviots to finish here.

The Scottish Borders is a great place for bird watching and wild life on the dunes. Puffins and seals can be watched from the Farne Islands  or from the Sea Bird Centre at North Berwck. Deer, red squirrels, badgers, sheep and goats and hares can be seen in the Cheviots. There are a number of fine stables around if you wish to ride.

The country and the coast are stunning in all seasons. Watch this video to see the wonderful wildlife and countryside year round.
http://www.bit.ly/northumberlandseasons

Harbours and Coast
The beautiful golden sands in the horseshoe bay at Coldingham, popular with surfers and dog walkers.
Coldingham Bay is easily reached from our properties with a café and nearby village.
St. Abbs is a great place to visit after a little walk over the cliff from Coldingham. Lovely crab sandwiches!
Spittal, Tweedmouth & Berwick-upon-Tweed from the cliffs at the south. Great walks along the cliff-top path.
Delightful easy walk along the promenade at Spittal near to Old Templars Cottage. Follow the path along the Northumberland Coastal Path to Holy Island or up the river bank of the Tweed towards Paxton House
While the lobster fisherman goes for the creels, Berwick’s swans swim into the Harbour below Mill Wharf
Grand Houses and Abbeys
Floors Castle – A place of great architecture and fascinating history, near Kelso.
Dryburgh Abbey - One of the great medieval abbeys built by Cistercian monks by the Tweed
The Beautiful Bridges of the Tweed
Lederfoot Viaduct carried a railway over the Tweed

Union Suspension Bridge or Union Chain Bridge, is a suspension bridge that spans the River Tweed.
(The Chain Bridge Honey Farm is open for the sale of delicious honey in the Summer months or online.)
You can read all about the restoration work on http://unionchainbridge.org/

Tweed Views

It is no surprise that Sir Walter Scott made his home at Abbotsford, near Galashiels and loved the rivers and country

The four great abbeys of the Borders – Jedburgh, Dryburgh, Melrose and Kelso – are connected by an easy cycle/walking path. As it passes through these centres of population there are plenty of places for refreshments.

Netting salmon was the common way to catch the fish – over 150 netting stations at one time. The last one to survive is near Paxton.
Autumn fisher on the Tweed
Whiteadder is Tweed’s first tributary. Good for trout and salmon fishing, it has beautiful scenery and this is shown at Bluestane Ford.
Scott’s View is close to Scott’s House and has a beautiful view.
Winter swans take off from the Tweed below Paxton House.
The England Sign

The people in this area do not view themselves as English or Scottish but a race apart – Borderers. An area that, in the years gone by, was full of raiding and ravaging across the Border, which kept moving. The history of the Border Reivers is explained in Jedburgh. Check out your ancestry to see if you are descended from any Border Clans by visiting the Heritage Hub in Hawick.

Beautiful views and ever changing light makes it a lovely area to explore. The telescope in Mill Wharf means that you can look out along the beaches and cliffs Northumberland Coastal Path. This long distance path follows the coastline of the county. It meanders along via Holy Island, Bamburgh and Craster towards the lovely village of Alnmouth.

St Cuthbert's Way

The footpath is less strenuous but still travels through breathtaking countryside. Look out for the Cheviot sheep that are bred to withstand some cold Winter days. On sale in local butchers. You may even sight the rare Cheviot Goat if visit College Valley. The Abbey Way Cycle and footpath links the four great Cistercian Ruined Abbeys while Scotlands National Footpath passes through Morebattle.

Take a short drive to see the little known ruined castle at Eckford. It’s a gem

Golfing

The Border area has many golf courses to suit all abilities and range from parkland to links courses.

Our newest cottage, Rosybank, in Coldstream is only minutes away from the beautiful parkland golf course at the Hirsel where the welcome is warm and the fees are moderate.  Turner Cottage is a short drive from Goswick, and Magdalene fields in Berwick.  The coastal course at Eyemouth has a magnificent location overlooking the Berwickshire coast and is only 10 miles from our Berwick properties.

Spring time blossom at The Hirsel golf course, Coldstream

 If visiting the parkland course at Duns find time to visit the new Jim  Clark Motorsport Museum

Kelso also has a very beautiful course at Schloss Roxburghe Hotel Kelso.

In East Lothian the keen golfer can play at some great championship courses such as Gullane, Muirfield, North Berwick and Dunbar, and all around an hour’s drive or less away.

If you like a day at the Races then visit Britains’s friendliest  friendly course Kelso Racecourse. 

Facebook Twitter
Scroll to Top