exploretheborders.com

Your guide to the brilliant borderlands

  • Welcome
  • Home
  • Towns
    • Hawick
    • Jedburgh
    • Selkirk
  • Active Borders
  • Historic Borders
  • Homes & Gardens
  • Coast & Countryside
  • Trips and Trails

Jim Clark Museum in the Scottish Borders

Friends of Monteath Mausoleum turn back time

Lock of Napoleon’s hair rediscovered at Abbotsford

Salmon fishing in the Scottish Borders

Ghostly goings-on at Jedburgh Castle Jail

July 7, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Ghostly goings-on at Jedburgh Castle Jail – Built on the site of a royal castle, Jedburgh Castle Jail has some fascinating tales to tell. It was there that King Malcolm IV died in 1165 and the scene of the marriage of King Alexander III (1241-1286) to Yolande, daughter of the Duke of Dreux in France. […]

Filed Under: Historic Borders, Jedburgh Tagged With: Jedburgh, Jedburgh Castle Jail, Living TV Most Haunted, Scottish Borders

Jedburgh Abbey – gateway to the Scottish Borders

July 6, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

The Scottish Borders was a magnet for monks in medieval times – truly men on a mission. In a region with ancient Christian traditions and lured by the promise of royal patronage they set up four mighty monastic institutions at Jedburgh, Melrose, Drybrough and Kelso. Jedburgh Abbey – gateway to the Scottish Borders – There […]

Filed Under: Historic Borders, Jedburgh, Lead Tagged With: Jedburgh, Jedburgh Abbey, Scottish Borders

Mary Queen of Scots – a study in sadness

July 6, 2020 By David Pike Leave a Comment

Mary Queen of Scots – a study in sadness – The utter despair of a life in captivity was summed up by Mary Queen of Scots thus – “Would that I had died in Jedburgh.” She was thinking back to a short but memorable visit to the Border town in October 1566, where as Queen, […]

Filed Under: Historic Borders, Homes & Gardens, Jedburgh Tagged With: Jedburgh, Mary Queen of Scots House, Scottish Borders

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3

Welcome to the brilliant borderlands

Welcome to the brilliant borderlands – Before it was finally anchored on the English side of the border with Scotland, Berwick-upon-Tweed changed hands no less than 13 times. Some 530 or so years later, the good folk of Berwick still lean to the north – by a margin of 60-40% – if local polls are […]

Havens of stone in the Scottish Borders

Havens of stone in the Scottish Borders – The number of stone keeps and peel towers scattered across the Borders landscape are testament to the turbulent times that ebbed and flowed through the region for hundreds of years. One of the best preserved is Smailholm Tower in the Scottish Borders, a defiant landmark built on […]

Step into borders history

Step into borders history – If you enjoy history and exploring times gone by you will love the Borders. Northumberland and the Scottish Borders was the most fought over land in Britain as the crossed swords marking local battlefields on maps of the region will show. From the earliest times, when Agricola marched his Roman […]

Wallace stands tall in the Scottish Borders.

Wallace stands tall in the Scottish Borders – There may be as much Hollywood as there is historical fact in Mel Gibson’s ‘Braveheart’ but it does nothing to diminish the stature of Scotland’s national hero, Sir William Wallace. To the English he was an outlaw and murderer while in Scotland he is credited with laying […]

Borderlines

Scottish Borders on track for new opportunities

Scottish Borders on track for new opportunities – The Campaign for Borders Rail has received a top level boost following a meeting with Scotland Office minister, Iain Stewart MP. He confirmed the UK Government’s support for the project and gave a commitment to drive the plans forward with his ministerial colleagues. It was revealed that […]

Scottish Borders push for a national park

Scottish Borders push for a national park – A Borders National Park could provide an important post-Covid boost for the Scottish Borders region. The campaign to create seven national parks across Scotland – including one in the Borders – is expected to take on a new urgency now that a return to normality is in […]

Copyright © 2021 · Explore The Borders - Privacy Policy