Tourist Places to Visit in Scottish Borders

This 12th-century church is the final resting place of Sir Walter Scott.

A magnificent ruin on a grand scale with lavishly decorated masonry. The abbey was the burial place of Robert the Bruce's heart, now marked with a commemorative carved stone plaque within the grounds. Includes a museum housing a display of artefacts found within the abbey. Children's trail...

Contemporary art gallery and sculpture garden with a 5 star Visitor Attraction Award from Visit Scotland. A high standard of art is exhibited within a beautifully converted steading including three very different, light filled gallery spaces, a walled sculpture garden and sculpture courtya...

Perhaps nowhere else in the world can evoke the power of the romantic past more than Abbotsford, stunningly located on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders. Abbotsford sits at the heart of the landscape that inspired the poetry and novels of its creator, Sir Walter Scott. U...

This 20-metre-high stronghold, built in the 1400s, dominates the skyline. On a clear day you can see as far as Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. The author Sir Walter Scott spent much of his childhood on a farm below the tower, where he first heard the stories that made up his Minstrelsy ...