Melrose is a small town in the Borders region of southern Scotland.

Melrose Abbey

Get in

By plane

Edinburgh International Airport [1] is 43 miles/69km away.

By bus

Service no 62 runs between Edinburgh and Melrose via Galashiels. Price above £4 in one way; journey takes about 2 hours

By train

From 7 Septemver 2015 there are regular trains on the new Borders Railway from Edinburgh to Tweedbank in Galasheils, which is about 3 miles west of Melrose.

See

• Melrose Abbey, ☏ +44 1896 822562. , open daily: summer(25 March - 30 September) 9.30AM-6.30PM (last entry 6PM); winter (1 October - 24 March) 9.30AM-4.30PM (last entry 4PM), closed 25-26 December and 1-2 January, admission adult £4.00, child £1.60, concessions £3.00 - supposed site of the burial of the heart of Scottish king Robert the Bruce, Melrose Abbey was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks on the request of King David I of Scotland. Renowned for intricate stone carvings. (updated Nov 2015)
• Abbotsford House. 2 miles west of Melrose town centre - the former home of the great late Georgian novelist Sir Walter Scott, privately-owned yet open to the public. OPEN 21 Mar - 31 Oct; Mon-Sat 9.30AM-5PM; Sun Jun-Sep 9.30AM-5PM; Mar-May & Oct 2PM-5PM. Tel. 01896 752043 

• National Trust for Scotland gardens. There are two in Melrose. 

Do

Walk the Eildon Hills.

Eat

The burts hotel, The town house, Chapters Bistro, Russell's Restaurant

Go next

Scottish Borders

Eyemouth

Galashiels

Hawick

Jedburgh

Kelso (Scotland)

Kirk Yetholm

Melrose (Scotland)

Peebles

Selkirk