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Walking around Peebles
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Introduction

Peebles - a beautiful market town with the River Tweed running through it - a great base for Border Walking

Facilities

The following have either been recommended by readers of Border Walking or they are known personally to our walking guides.  It is not meant to be all inclusive.

Pubs & Cafes

  • Bridge Inn - Friendly atmosphere and good beer
  • Green Tree Hotel - Good Bar Meals
  • Silver Spoon Cafe - Good home baking
  • Ramblers Cafe -  friendly and good food

Newsagents & Shops

  • Spar Shop - Rosetta Road
  • Spar Shop - Glen Road
  • Main Post Office on High Street

 Accommodation

Hotels

  • Cross Keys Hotel
    Northgate
    Peebles EH45 8RS
    Tel:  01721 724222
  • Green Tree Hotel
    41 Eastgate
    Peebles
    EH45 8AD
    Tel:  01721 720582
  • Glentress Hotel, Glentress, Peebles Tel: 01721 720100  

B & Bs

  • Dilkusha House
    Chambers Terrace
    Peebles EH45 9DZ
    Tel:  01721 722888
  • Viewfield
    1 Rosetta Road
    Peebles EH45 8IU
    Tel:  01721 721232
  • Chapel Hill Farm - Grid Ref NT245422
    Peebles EH45 8PQ
    Tel: 01721 720188

Camping

  • Crossburn Caravan Park - Grid Ref NT250417
    Edinburgh Road
    Peebles EH45 8ED
    Tel:  01721 720501
  • Rosetta Caravan Park - Grid Ref NT246413
    Rosetta Road
    Peebles EH45 8PC
    Tel:  01721 720770

 

Transport

Peebles is on the main route from Edinburgh on the A703, buses leaving Edinburgh from St Andrews Square, Bus Station, arriving in Peebles at the Eastgate Post Office also bus routes to Galashiels via Innerleithen and Walkerburn.

Activities

Walks

Other Activities

  • Mountain Bike Hire - Bicycle Works - High Street, Peebles
  • Downhill Bike Track - NT336358
  • Glentress Cross Country -
  • Fishing - River Tweed
  • Golfing - Peebles Golf Course
  • Visit to Traquair House - NT331355

 Nearby Towns/Villages featured in our guides

Maps

Ordnance Survey Landranger Sheet 73 - Peebles, Galashiels & Selkirk, Tweed Valley

Further Information


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