Bed And Breakfast in Borthwickbrae

Welcome to the oldest continually-licensed hotel in Scotland. With parts of the building dating from the time of Mary Queen of Scots, we offer spacious en-suite bedrooms, a cosy lounge with wood-burning stove, and a sun-trap beer garden to the rear of the building. We welcome families, and have two cots as well as a childrens menu. Children under 5 stay free. All our rooms were completely renovated in 2006 and we now have digital TV and WiFi throughout. Golf is available on 23 local courses as part of the Freedom of the Fairways scheme, and there is also excellent walking, cycling, fishing, horse-riding and other country pursuits in the wonderful scenery of the Borders. *The hotel is completely non-smoking.

The Best Western Philipburn Country House Hotel is situated In the beautiful Scottish Borders offering charming and comfortable accommodation set in 4 acres of wonderful grounds and gardens. The hotel offers a Bistro and fine dining Restaurant open daily serving the very best of local produce. Check our website for menus. The hotel is just 1 hour from Edinburgh and exceptionally handy for golf, walking, cycling and fishing enthusiasts. With a civil license it is the ideal wedding venue.

The Mansfield House Hotel looks out over the town of Hawick from high ground to the south of the River Teviot. It sits in ten acres of its own gardens close to Mansfield Park rugby ground on the outskirts of this, the largest of the Border towns. Hawick is world famous for its knitwear, particularly cashmere, and is well known to rugby enthusiasts. Its annual Common Riding is ranked as one of the world’s best parties alongside The Rio Mardi Gras in Rough Guides’ World Party book because it ‘combines the thrills of Pamplonas Fiesta de San Fermin with the concentrated drinking of Munichs Oktoberfest.’ The house was originally called Thornwood and was the private home of the Oliver family, built in 1870. These entrepreneurs of the new industrial age tastefully influenced the many distinctive architectural features, from the thistle & rose ceilings of the reception rooms to the Russian pine shutters and doors throughout the ground floor. The attention to detail in the design and finish is a testament to the skilled local craftsmen that created this fine building. The Hodgson family acquired Mansfield House in 2009 and they continue the restoration and improvements to the hotel. Public areas are already being altered and new bathrooms are scheduled for winter 2009. The gardens have been gradually restored to their former glory and the wooded hillside that surrounds the hotel is an adventurer’s playground. We still have our own spring water, although it is no longer used in the hotel and we have a growing contingent of shy red squirrels. As you might expect of a house built in the 1800s, each of the hotel’s fourteen bedrooms have their own unique personal characteristics. However, all of the bedrooms have en suite facilities with colour televisions and direct dial telephones.