Hotels in Melrose
Melrose is an ancient settlement on the south side of the River Tweed. The Eildon Hills a mile to the south were an important base of the Votadini tribe in the Iron Age. The remains of a huge hill fort around the top of the most easterly of the Eildons acts as a reminder as their presence.
The name of Melrose, or Mailros, was confusingly applied first to a loop in the River Tweed two miles east of today's town. This was home to a monastery founded by St Aidan from 650AD and destroyed by the Scots in AD839. When King David I asked the Cistercians to set up an abbey at Melrose in 1136 he had in mind the site of St Aidan's earlier monastery.
The Cistericans preferred a site two miles to the west, and what they built over the following 50 years took the name of Melrose Abbey. Although the existing settlement on this site was called Fordel, it gradually became known as Melrose after its abbey, leaving the original Melrose to be called Old Melrose on modern maps.
Visitors to Melrose are drawn by a range of attractions. Best known is Melrose Abbey, which lies on the north east side of the centre of the town. Close to the abbey is the walled Priorwood Garden, run by the National Trust for Scotland. This specialises in species suitable for drying, and there is a dried flower shop here too. This is open all year, but with slightly shorter hours in winter.
Also in Melrose is the Trimontium Exhibition, celebrating the Roman heritage of the area and the starting point for a four mile circular walk taking in the key Roman sites including those at Newstead. This is open from April to October. Two miles to the west is Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott.
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Location: Melrose
Distance: 0.32 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £80.00
Location: Melrose
Distance: 0.34 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £130.00
Location: Melrose
Distance: 0.35 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £85.00
Location: Galashiels
Distance: 3.36 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £40.00
Location: Galashiels
Distance: 3.51 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £70.00
Location: Melrose
Distance: 3.97 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £110.00
Location: Galashiels
Distance: 5.92 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £45.00
Location: Selkirk
Distance: 6.24 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £98.00
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