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Places to explore in Scottish BordersScotland · Southern Scotland
Rolling sheep country fills the Scottish Borders, where the Tweed and its tributaries thread green hills between the Southern Uplands and the English line. This was reiver country, fought over for centuries, and its castles and peel towers still stud the landscape, chief among them the grim Hermitage Castle. The four great medieval abbeys at Melrose, Dryburgh, Jedburgh and Kelso mark the wealth of the old wool trade. Walter Scott, who lived nearby, loved the outlook from Scott's View over the triple peaks of the Eildon Hills.
The best of Scottish Bordersworth the trip
Villages & towns in Scottish Borders 18
- Jedburgh
- Melrose
- Peebles
- Kelso
- St Abbs
- Eyemouth
- Hawick
- Lauder
- Selkirk
- Denholm
- Duns
- Kirk Yetholm
- Galashiels
- Innerleithen
- Coldingham
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Houses & gardens in Scottish Borders 11
Other sights in Scottish Borders 8
Abbeys & priories in Scottish Borders 6
- Melrose Abbeyruin
- Dryburgh Abbeyruin
- Jedburgh Abbeyruin
- Kelso Abbeyruin
- Crosskirk, Peeblesruin
- Eccles, St Mary's Conventruin
Trails in Scottish Borders 8
- Pennine Way431 km
- Southern Upland Way344 km
- Annandale Way88 km
- Berwickshire Coastal Path48 km
- Borders Abbeys Way109 km
- Cross Borders Drove Road84 km
- Romans and Reivers Route84 km
- St Cuthbert's Way100 km
Beaches & swimming in Scottish Borders 2
Castles & strongholds in Scottish Borders 19
- Smailholm Towerruin
- Blanerne Castleruin
- Cessford Castleruin
- Fatlips Castleruin
- Nether Horsburghruin
- Roxburgh Castleruin
- Greenknowe Tower, Gordonruin
- Hermitage Castleruin
- Billie Castleruin
- Bunkle Castleruin
- Drochil Castleruin
- Fulton Towerruin
- Hawkshaw Castleruin
- Hume Castleruin
- Liddel Castle, Newcastletonruin
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Pubs & restaurants in Scottish Borders 8
Nature reserves in Scottish Borders 3
- St Abb's Head0.78 km²
- Lower Tweed and Whiteadder3.5 km²
- Kershope Bridge0.06 km²
Protected landscapes in Scottish Borders 2
- Eildon and Leaderfoot39 km²
- Upper Tweeddale128 km²
Hills & peaks in Scottish Borders 57
- Broad Law840 m
- Cramalt Craig830 m
- Dollar Law817 m
- Dun Rig743 m
- Lochcraig Head801 m
- Molls Cleuch Dod785 m
- Roan Fell568 m
- Cape Law722 m
- Glenrath Heights731 m
- Pykestone Hill737 m
- Bell Craig623 m
- Belling Hill354 m
- Birkscairn Hill662 m
- Black Hill (Scottish Borders)314 m
- Black Law698 m
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- Blackwood Hill447 m
- Broughton Heights571 m
- Cacra Hill472 m
- Cademuir Hill415 m
- Cauldcleuch Head619 m
- Chapelgill Hill698 m
- Deuchar Law543 m
- Dirrington Great Law400 m
- Drumelzier Law668 m
- Dundreich623 m
- Eildon Mid Hill422 m
- Erie Hill690 m
- Garelet Dod698 m
- Gathersnow Hill690 m
- Goseland Hill435 m
- Greatmoor Hill599 m
- Greenside Law643 m
- Hillshaw Head652 m
- Hownam Law449 m
- Lamberton Hill217 m
- Larriston Fells512 m
- Law Kneis499 m
- Linton Hill282 m
- Meigle Hill423 m
- Mendick Hill451 m
- Middle Hill717 m
- Minch Moor567 m
- Penvalla538 m
- Rubers Law424 m
- Sell Moor Hill424 m
- Stob Law676 m
- Talla Cleuch Head691 m
- The Wiss589 m
- Trahenna Hill549 m
- Turner Cleuch Law551 m
- Ward Law594 m
- Wether Law479 m
- White Meldon427 m
- Whitehope Law623 m
- Wind Fell665 m
- Windlestraw Law659 m
- Windy Gyle619 m
Ancient stones in Scottish Borders 6
- Edin's Hallruin
- Burgh Hillstanding
- Long Knowestanding
- Nine Stones, Ninestone Rigstanding
- Torwoodleeruin
- Overhowdenearthworks
Churches in Scottish Borders 5
Battlefields in Scottish Borders 3
Roman sites in Scottish Borders 3
- Cappuck, Roman fortearthworks
- Dere Street Roman Road - Northearthworks
- Dere Street Roman Road - Southearthworks