Hotel bed and breakfast accommodation
A 300 year old Country Inn about 90 minutes south of Edinburgh
in the Scottish Borders near Jedburgh.
Jedburgh 6 miles, Hawick 6 miles, English Border at Carter Bar 9 miles.

The Horse and Hound Country Inn
Bonchester Bridge
near Hawick and Jedburgh
The Scottish Borders
Scotland

A roaring fire in the Bar, one of the oldest parts of the Inn.

Surrounded by rural countryside of rolling hills, wooded valleys and rivers, Bonchester Bridge is a small village between the two landmarks of Bonchester Hill and Rubers Law (once Roman camps) in the valley of the Rule Water.

The Horse and Hound is a traditional Coaching Inn, open since 1701. It has oak beams, a great central stone fireplace, lots of atmosphere and is full of history and interesting antiques, objects, pictures and prints collected locally.

This is a great place to stay for touring and visiting the southern part of Scotland, the Tweed Valley and the Scottish Borders renowned for its castles and medieval abbeys, or northern England, Northumberland and Hadrian's Wall. There is good walking around about too and when you come and stay the Tunnahs have printed leaflets describing routes.

Accommodation:

There are 10 bedrooms (5 twin and 5 double) all with private shower-rooms en suite.

They all have tea and coffee making facilities and colour television.

Four of the bedroms have luxurious enclosed steam room showers for an extra special Turkish-Bath-like experience (photograph below left).

Guests also have their own private Sitting Room (photograph below right) with comfortable sofas chairs, books and games.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner:

Where there used to be a smithy attached to the gable end of the Inn is now a large lounge/restaurant area where you can have Lunch or Dinner.

Lunch is served from 12.00 noon, Dinner from 6.00pm.

Meals are excellent value, priced between 5 and 12 pounds for a main course, and cooked with vegetables from Millars in Jedburgh, meat from award winning David Palmer, also in Jedburgh, sea food fresh from the East Coast at Eyemouth, etc.

Tariff:

Twin and double bedrooms, prices per person per night, based on two people sharing:	price in £ per person per night
1 night	35
2 nights	32
3 nights and more	30
7 nights and more	28

Single occupancy:	price in £ per person per night
1 night	45
2 nights	43
3 nights and more	40
7 nights and more	38

Prices include breakfast.
Midweek and Weekend Breaks are sometimes available.

To enquire or to book:

Please contact:
Wendy Jarvis
The Horse and Hound Country Inn
Bonchester Bridge
Hawick
Roxburghshire
Scotland, UK
Tel: 01450 860645
or from outside the UK:
Tel: 44 1450 860645

Map of the area:

The Scottish Borders

The Horse and Hound is an ideal base from which to explore the magnificent country and many historic towns and buildings of the Borders:
Hermitage Castle
Hawick. 5 miles:
Knitwear. Museums. Mill shops for lambswool and cashmere.
Kelso. 20 miles:
Kelso Abbey, Floors Castle.
Jedburgh. 10 miles:
Mary Queen of Scots House, Jedburgh Abbey, and interesting shops.
Carlisle. Approx 50 miles. Excellent shopping centre. Railway station; Inter-city trains 4 hours from London.
Edinburgh. Approx 50 miles via A7 or A68.
Newcastle. Approx. 50 miles.
Hadrian's Wall.
Houses open to the public within driving distance include: Cragside and Wallington in Northumberland, and Bowhill and Floors Castle in Roxburghshire.
Keilder Forest:
Boating, fishing, pony trekking, walking, sailing, etc. Only about 16 miles to the south.

The Horse and Hound works closely with the Scottish Borders Tourist Board with the Freedom of the Fairways package: a 3 day or 5 day passport (£50 and £75) to play golf on any of 21 golf courses in the Scottish Borders.