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Photo of Melrose Abbey, a ruined abbey in Eildon and Leaderfoot, the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Melrose AbbeyPhoto Spencer Haynes / Pexels

Places to explore near Galashiels StationGalashiels

19 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 2 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo along the Southern Upland Way, a long-distance trail running from Portpatrick to Cockburnspath, southern Scotland.Highlight

Southern Upland Way

Scotland's Great Trail

A coast-to-coast crossing of southern Scotland's empty hills, from Portpatrick to the North Sea.

0.6 km SW · Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders & South Lanarkshire

Photo of Abbotsford Gardens, a garden near Melrose, the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.Iconic

Abbotsford Gardens

Garden near Melrose

Walled and formal gardens around Sir Walter Scott's romantic riverside home on the Tweed.

2.5 km SE

Photo of Eildon and Leaderfoot, a National Scenic Area in the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.Highlight

Eildon and Leaderfoot

National Scenic Area near Melrose

The three green Eildon Hills over Melrose, with Border abbeys below and long paths through the Tweed country

3.8 km E

Photo of Melrose, a village in Eildon and Leaderfoot, the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.Highlight

Melrose

Village

Handsome little Tweed-side town beneath the three peaks of the Eildon Hills, gathered around its abbey ruins and market cross.

5.2 km SE · Scottish Borders

Photo of Melrose Abbey, a ruined abbey in Eildon and Leaderfoot, the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.Iconic

Melrose Abbey

Abbey near Melrose

Finest of the ruined Border abbeys.

5.8 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Galashiels

Village

The Borders' largest town, a textile centre on the Gala Water and home to the Great Tapestry of Scotland.

0.2 km NE · Scottish Borders

Photo along the Borders Abbeys Way, a long-distance trail in southern Scotland.

Borders Abbeys Way

Scotland's Great Trail

A 68-mile circuit of the Scottish Borders linking the four great ruined abbeys and the old mill towns between them

2.4 km SE · Scottish Borders

Photo along the St Cuthbert's Way, a long-distance trail running from Melrose to Lindisfarne, Scotland and England.

St Cuthbert's Way

Scotland's Great Trail

A pilgrim's line from Melrose Abbey over the Cheviots to the tidal causeway of Lindisfarne.

5.5 km E · Scottish Borders & Northumberland

Photo of Harmony Garden, a garden near Melrose in Eildon and Leaderfoot, the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Harmony Garden

Garden near Melrose

Peaceful walled garden of lawns and herbaceous borders opposite Melrose Abbey, cared for by the National Trust for Scotland.

5.8 km E

Priorwood Garden

Garden near Melrose

Scotland's only dedicated dried-flower garden, with an old orchard, beside Melrose Abbey.

5.9 km E

Photo of Selkirk, a village in the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Selkirk

Village

Hilltop royal burgh above the Ettrick and Yarrow valleys, a former textile town with wide Borders views.

7.8 km S · Scottish Borders

Photo of Bowden Kirk, a church in the Scottish Borders, southern Scotland.

Bowden Kirk

Church near Bowden

One of the oldest churches in the Borders, on the pilgrim road below the Eildon Hills.

8.7 km SE

Everything else within 10 km (7) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.