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Educational Visits
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The Scottish Borders
Bowhill House & Gardens
The Buccleuch Collection
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Bowhill House Gardens
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Love & Respect Victorian Age Exhibition
The Adventure Playground
The Victorian Kitchen
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Visiting
If you’re visiting the beautiful Scottish Borders, there is so much to see and do. VisitScotland have some great itineraries on their website and links to accommodation providers as well as other things to do in the area. This video also has some great ideas – watch out for Bowhill in it!
Scottish Borders links you may find useful
- Visit Scottish Borders – VisitScotland dedicated Scottish Borders website
- Scotland Starts Here – full of attractions, itineraries and wonderful content
- Explore Big Houses in the Scottish Borders – Download this free map which shows where nine of the finest historic homes are located in the heart of the Scottish Borders, all within a 50 mile radius.
- Visit Scotland Ancestry – Scottish Genealogy Website
- Clan Scott Society – Learn more about the Clan Scott Society and discover the heritage of the Scott name
- Philiphaugh Salmon Viewing Centre – See salmon leaping up the cauld on the last leg of their epic journey (seasonal) and learn all about the life cycle of the King of the fishes.
- RSABI – A unique Scottish charity dedicated to the relief of hardship and poverty amongst people who have depended for their livelihoods on the land. Honorary President – His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KBE FRSE DL
- Scottish Genealogy Research
- Crabtree & Crabtree – Browse an exceptional selection of handpicked holiday homes in the Scottish Borders
- Explore Big Houses in the Scottish Borders – Download this free map which shows where nine of the finest historic homes are located in the heart of the Scottish Borders, all within a 50 mile radius.
Be inspired by Scott’s Abbotsford
While you are in the area, you may also want to visit Abbotsford House.
This grand house was the residence of novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott. Scott was by far the world’s most famous writer, inventing the genre of historical fiction and reintroducing tartan as we know it today to an international audience . When he died a huge memorial was built to him in the centre of Edinburgh and the city’s main station, Waverley, is named after one of his novels.
Scott was a kinsman of the Scott’s of Buccleuch and he spent time at Bowhill House, drawing much inspiration for his fiction from the landscape, people and stories of this area.
