Hotels in Kelso
Kelso is said to be the most architecturally attractive of the Border Towns, and it is easy to see why. The town is set within a bend in the River Tweed, and opposite its confluence with the River Teviot. At its heart lies the largest Market Square in Scotland, a large cobbled area that gives Kelso a distinctly continental feel.
At the centre of the Square is the marking in the cobbles showing the Bullring, where bulls were tethered during during cattle markets. The importance of early Kelso as a centre for commerce is confirmed by the names of the parallel streets running north east from the Square: Woodmarket and Horsemarket.
Overlooking the square and set between Woodmarket and Horsemarket is the imposing Town House. This was built in 1816 to replace an earlier thatched Tolbooth: today the ground floor is home to an excellent Tourist Information Centre.
The north side of the Square is dominated by the Cross Keys Hotel, a coaching inn built in 1760, but given an Italianate look (and an extra floor) in a makeover in 1880. An attractive building, the Cross Keys Hotel brings a touch of the central European to the Square's continental flavour.
The story of Kelso might be subtitled "Two Castles and an Abbey". The original focus of development lay a mile to the west of today's Kelso. Marchmount Castle, on a neck of land between the Tweed and the Teviot, was well established when King David I renamed it and the settlement around it Roxburgh, or "Royal Burgh" in 1124.
14 hotels
HOTELS
Location: Kelso
Distance: 3.45 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £125.00
Location: Coldstream
Distance: 5.86 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £85.00
Location: Town Yetholm
Distance: 6.77 miles
Rating: 1*
Prices From: £45.00
Location: Kirk Yetholm
Distance: 7.08 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £62.00
Location: Melrose
Distance: 7.64 miles
Rating: 4*
Prices From: £110.00
Location: Berwickshire
Distance: 7.82 miles
Rating: NOT CLASSIfIED
Prices From: £40.00
Location: Coldstream
Distance: 7.85 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £85.00
Location: Coldstream
Distance: 7.96 miles
Rating: 3*
Prices From: £100.00
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