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Description: A new Falconry Centre offering Daily Demonstrations and Bird of Prey Experiences. Ownership: Privately owned Situation � OS ref: NT 591317 How to get there: By car: Lies off...
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Description: This is the grave of Andrew Gemmels, the blue-coat gaberlunzie, who died at the age of 106, and upon whom Sir Walter Scott based his character, Edie Ochiltree in "The Antiquary"...
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Description: An indoor tropical jungle inhabited by thousands of the world�s most beautiful butterflies. Watch them as they fly around, feeding on the tropical flowers. The bugs and beasties exhibi...
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Description:A 25 hectare reserve with open water and marsh vegetation surrounded by grassland and woodland. There is a breeding colony of some 14,000 pairs of black headed gulls, and it also supports...
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Description: Camera Obscura and World of Illusions Ownership: Private Situation � Castlehill The Royal Mile Edinburgh EH1 2ND How to get there: By car: Parking on the Royal Mile impos...
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Description: This honey farm which was established some 30 years ago has over 1000 colonies of bees which provide the honey and beeswax used to create the range of products offered for sale. The Vis...
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Description: Built as a Peel Tower House and home of the Douglas family, and later the home of Anne, Duchess of Monmouth, and still later the Tower Hotel, the premises now house exhibits showing the...
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Description: The traditional home of the King of the Gypsies, the Palace is probably the last of a line of previous Palaces. There was certainly an "Old Palace" across the Kirk Yetholm Gree...
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Description: Unveiled in 2003, this piece of stone from Blinkbonny Quarry, stands as a memorial to the Gypsies of Kirk Yetholm, and at the same time to Tom Tokely, a renowned local historian with a sp...
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Description: Opened in 1993, this gallery has established itself as a leading venue for contemporary art and artists in the region. Details of current exhibitions are available from English Heritage ...
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Description: This centre offers events, exhibitions and countryside walks for all the family. Published programme of events for the whole year. Has the biggest and best children�s play park in the ...
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Description: Situated above the centre of Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh Castle has watched over the history of Scotland for almost 1400 years. Today it offers a wide range of superb attracti...
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Description: The Edinburgh Dungeon invites you to a feast of fun with history's horrible bits. Enter the dark and terrifying labyrinth that stretches from beneath the Castle, under the Royal Mi...
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Description: Now in its 9th decade, Edinburgh Zoo is one of Europe's leading zoos in conservation and education. Ownership: Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Situation � OS ref: NT 2057...
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Description: The home of The Edinburgh Malt. See a working distillery. Visit an exhibition of malt whisky on site Ownership: Private Situation � OS ref: NT 443668 How to get there: Near ...
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Description: Visitor Centre offering a viewing gallery to watch the frames at work. Ownership: Private Situation � OS ref: 506151 How to get there: By car: In town of Hawick � Trinity M...
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Description: A 15� gauge railway which runs from Heatherslaw Mill to Etal Village. Ownership: Private Situation � OS ref: NT 933384 How to get there: By car: Lies on the B6354 between Fo...
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Description: A working water mill, where locally grown wheat is ground to make a stoneground wholemeal flour. A miller is on hand to demonstrate and explain the process. Ownership: Private Si...
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Description: The grounds of The Hirsel, home to the Home family, are of interest to all country lovers throughout the year. From the spring bulbs to the rhododendrons in June and on to the autumn co...
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Description: This memorial, in the form of an open book, stands on a hill above Langholm, and was created by Jake Harvey R.S.A in the early 1980's from corten steel and bronze. Jake Harvey ...
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Description: Modern working farm plus deer herds and rare breeds. Ranger led activities, and talks on farming and environment. Nature trail. Hands-on interpretation barn. Ownership: Private ...
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Description: A visitor attraction and interpretative centre highlighting the work and achievements of John Muir, environmentalist, biologist and geologist. Ownership: John Muir Birthplace Trust ...
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Description: Europe's largest man-made lake in a beautiful forest setting. Offers a wide range of land and water-based activities. Ownership: Situation � OS ref: How to get there: ...
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Description: Lady Waterford Hall, formerly the village school contains a unique collection of watercolour murals, depicting biblical scenes, using local people as models. Painted between 1862 and ...
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Description: Standing on Denholm Green is the monument to Dr John Leyden, scholar and poet, who was born in Denholm in 1775. He was a very highly talented scholar who assisted Sir Walter Scott with h...
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Description: The Lindisfarne Heritage Centre is the base for information on the Lindisfarne Gospels. An interactive program allows you to turn the pages of the 'virtual' Gospel, and, newly ar...
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Description: A completely restored printing works - just as it was a hundred years ago. See the office, the paper store with reconstructed water-wheel, the composing and press rooms and watch a p...
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Description: The former Royal Yacht, decommissioned and converted into a superb Visitor Attraction. Exhibits, photographs and artefacts from The Royal Collection. Ownership: Royal Yacht Britan...
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Description: Formed by an extinct volcano, St Abb�s Head is the best known landmark along the Berwickshire coast. Home to thousands of nesting seabirds in summer, it is also home to a wide range o...
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Description: Historic spa, built in the year 1827, which was a magnet for the Victorians in need of the curative waters. The mineral waters had been well-known for many years � they were visited by Ro...
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Description: This 200 foot high monument in the centre of Edinburgh was officially inaugurated on 15th August 1846, some 14 years after the death of Sir Walter Scott. Open to the public, its pinnacle...
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Description: The new building at Hoyrood which is the home of the Scottish Parliament. Ownership: Situation � OS ref: How to get there: By car: Limited parking in the area � nearest ca...
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Description: Find out about the seabirds of the Firth of Forth and watch the nesting birds with the camera links to the Bass Rock, Isle of May and Fidra. Ownership: Private Situation � OS ref: ...
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As the parent company has gone into receivership, and the staff of Selkirk Glass have been paid off, this Visitor Centre is no longer open. The details have been left on this site in the hope that a ...
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Description: A working weaving mill where visitors can watch the processes involved in cloth manufacture. Ownership: Private Situation � OS ref: NT 529166 How to get there: By car: On th...
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Description: An outdoor centre for those interested in walking, mountain biking, horse riding and just enjoying the countryside. The viewpoints will leave one breathless. Ownership: Forestry C...
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Description: This gives the opportunity to watch live TV coverage of the return of the osprey to the Scottish Borders. The pictures are beamed to two visitor centres - at Glentress Forest Visitor C...
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Description: This giant statue of Sir William Wallace, hero of many years of battling with the neighbouring English in the 13th century, stands in the grounds of Bemersyde House. Like most memorials...
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Description: One of the few East Coast harbours which is still fully working. Picturesque, with its new fish market where auctions are still carried out. Viewing area. Visiting yachts and pleasure...
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Description: An amazing maze with three miles of intricate paths through the maize crop. Last year's was based on the 400th Anniversary of the Union of the Crowns. The 2004 Maze was the Tweed ...
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Description: The memorial stone stands on the site of the Battle of Flodden, above Branxton near Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland. Ownership: Situation � OS ref: NT 890370 How to get ther...
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Description: This monument remembers the life and works of Mungo Park, the doctor and explorer who was born in 1771 at Foulshiels, 4 miles from Selkirk. Spending much of his life in Africa, he explor...
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Description: Newly opened, this is New Lanark World Heritage Site, with its range of buildings from the 1820's, now acting as the best in living industrial archaeology. See Robert Owen, the indus...
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Description: Famous knitwear manufacturer. Opportunity to take factory tour. Ownership: Private Situation � OS ref: NT 502147 How to get there: By car: In town of Hawick. � Buccleuch...
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