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Cottage |2 bedrooms |Sleeps 6

Broughton in Peebles

From £350 per week |  From £60 per night

1 night minimum stay

Changeover flexible

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Key info  Balcony/terrace, car advised, private garden, may take pets - please enquire

About the home

The Cottage takes advantage of its beautiful setting with large French doors opening from the living-room onto a private decked area and garden.. Each bedroom has an en-suite bath or shower room and all rooms have wonderful views of hills and fields. You can literally count sheep to get to sleep or enjoy looking at the stars from your bed!
The Cottage forms part of a former telephone exchange and was just converted in 2006, so everything is new and fresh!

It is situated beside the famous River Tweed and close to Megget, Talla ,Fruid and St Mary's Lochs so there is ample opportunity for fishing, wind-surfing, canoeing and other water sports. The cottage is a great base from which to explore Scotland. Although situated in the heart of the country, there are excellent road links to Edinburgh (45 mins), and Glasgow (90 mins) whilst the English Lake District is only 90 minutes away.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The gas powered underfloor heating means that the cottage is always warm and cosy even on the coldest winter day, while the views can be enjoyed from each room. It is lovely to sit in comfort and admire the snow-covered garden and hills as we did this year!

The garden attracts many birds including blue tits, robins and even a woodpecker, and you can sit and watch then at the feeder in your private garden.

Further details

We aim to make your holiday as pleasant and relaxed as possible so are very flexible about arrival and departure times and will offer any additional help we can.

Conditions

We usually ask for a 25% deposit to secure the booking but there are no inspections or rules (other than the no-smoking inside) We trust our guests to behave in a respectful way and have not yet been disappointed!

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Talla Resevoir

 

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Living area

 

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Twin Bedroom

 

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View up valley

The Scottish Borders region

The Scottish Borders area is famous for its history of independence and battles. This has left a legacy of museums, castles and local festivals such as the Reivers festival in Hawick.

Many of these castles and historic houses are open to the public including Traquair Hiuse near Peebles which is the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. It was home to Sir Walter Scott who loved the rolling hills and wonderful views. It is a largely rural area with small, individual towns but yet within easy reach of Edinburgh and Newcastle.

There are wonderful gardens to explore at the historic houses and also at Dawyck Botanic garden (10 mins from cottage) The wildlife is abundant in this rural area with several types of deer, otters, badgers, and an amazing variety of birds including herons, kingfishers,ospreys, peregrine falcons, and even golden eagles!

Hill walking is very popular in the area and with almost unlimited access to the countryside the walker has the chance to roam and experience nature.The lochs and the famous River Tweed provide opportunities for sailing, wind-surfing and canoeing as well as fishing which is a very popular activity.

Mountain biking has become extremely popular in the area with world class courses in Peebles and Innerleithen (7stanes) while there are forest tracks for more gentle off-road biking and quiet country lanes for road cycling. After all that outdoor activity you can relax at the luxurious spa and beauty facilities at centres like Stobo Castle or Peebles Hydro.

Altogether there is an abundance of activities and facilities to make a holiday here relaxing or exciting and challenging but never dull!

The Peebles / Broughton area

Broughton is a small village set in rolling hills about 7 minutes' drive from the cottage. it has a shop, garage/post-office, brewery, school, play-ground and tennis-court as well as a bistro bar which is open till late evening every day and serves delicious home-cooked food at reasonable prices. There is also an art gallery, museum and a colourful garden open to the public. It was home to John Buchan who wrote "The Thirty-nine Steps" and became govenor-general of Canada. The museum and the John Buchan Way walking route to Peebles are dedicated to him.

Peebles is about 10 miles from Broughton and is a beautiful small town with the River Tweed running through it.
There are many wonderful walks as well as a golf-course,shops, restaurants, swimming-pool and leisure centre to enjoy.It also has art galleries and an art centre and every June has a week of celebrations called the Beltane which includes lots of public gatherings where there is music and horse-riding and a grand parade of floats and marching bands.

Horses are important in this area and Peebles has 2 riding schools.It has a castle (Neidpath) and near-by historic houses and lovely gardens to visit.

How to get there

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Fly to Edinburgh, Prestwick, Glasgow or Newcastle and hire a car from various well-known operators eg. Hertz, Avis or Budget. Get cheap flights from Easyjet, Ryanair etc.

Ferry ports within reach include Newcastle, Troon, Stranraer.

Activities near Peebles

Guestbook for Tweedsmuir Cottage

Wonderful stay. Everything I could have hoped for. Will be back+ will be recommending you to everyone.

Wonderful accommodation, excellent base for touring, thanks for a relaxing and fun place to stay

We have all had a lovely few days here, fab base for getting out and about and such a beautiful, clean, child friendly house to come back to! We will definitely recommend to others. Thanks!

What a great place to stay having passed the door many times. So many hills to walk with wonderful scenery. A wee gem.

Rental prices

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	17 Apr 11	1 May 11	400£ 400	7070	7070	1 Night
	1 May 11	2 Jul 11	450£ 450	8080	8080	1 Night
	2 Jul 11	3 Sep 11	500£ 500	8585	8585	1 Night
	3 Sep 11	29 Oct 11	400£ 400	7070	7070	1 Night
	29 Oct 11	17 Dec 11	350£ 350	6060	6060	1 Night
	17 Dec 11	7 Jan 12	400£ 400	8080	8080	3 Nights
	7 Jan 12	31 Mar 12	350£ 350	6060	6060	1 Night

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Rates and rental dates are very flexible. Please contact me to discuss your needs.

Availability

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2 years listed You are contacting Jean Wall Landline +44 01899 880 332 Mobile n/a Languages spoken The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2009. This cottage has so far received 0 reviews.