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The red and cream shopfront of Cameron's on Selkirk's High Street, its sign reading Camerons Oven Fresh Bakery, with Selkirk's Home Bakery painted on the window.
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Cameron's Bakery

A Selkirk baker's that makes the town's own Selkirk Bannock, a round loaf rich with butter and sultanas.

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Welcome

If you bring one thing home from Selkirk, make it a Selkirk Bannock, and Cameron's has been a baker's in the town for more than seventy years.

Queen Victoria is said to have taken a slice with her tea at Abbotsford, on a visit to Scott's granddaughter, and the bannock's good name grew with the tale. Selkirk Distillers, the town's gin makers, buy their bannocks here for their Bannock Gin, which takes twelve weeks to make. By their account, a classic bannock is all about patience, with a long rise and an unhurried bake that leave a thin, crisp crust over a soft crumb. There's more than bannocks on the counter, with pies and rolls to take on a walk round the Haining loch. The shop is a couple of minutes' walk from the Market Place, and it has no website, so simply call in.

A short drive awayThe Waterwheel CafeA cafe on the Philiphaugh estate by the Ettrick Water, next door to the estate's Salmon Viewing Centre.5 min by roadSee itThe Waterwheel Cafe's covered timber veranda at Philiphaugh, with folding tables and chairs along the deck and the cafe's glazed doors on the right.
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Phone
01750 20373.

Opening hours

Monday
6.30am–4pm
Tuesday
6.30am–4pm
Wednesday
6.30am–4pm
Thursday
6.30am–4pm
Friday
6.30am–4pm
Saturday
6.30am–1pm
Sunday
Closed

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Where it is

40 High Street, Selkirk, TD7 4DD.

Close byThe places nearest the bakery, by road.
  1. Abbotsford, Home of Sir Walter ScottAbbotsford, Home of Sir Walter ScottSir Walter Scott's romantic house by the Tweed near Melrose, which he built and filled with his library and collections, and where he died in 1832.5 miles 9 min by road
  2. Stone tower with sash window above a white-framed door and lanternOld Gala HouseThe 16th-century home of the Lairds of Galashiels, now a free museum and gallery with a painted ceiling of 1635 and gardens.6 miles 12 min by road
  3. The Great Tapestry of Scotland's modern pale stone gallery with a zigzag roofline on a sunny street corner in Galashiels.The Great Tapestry of ScotlandA purpose-built gallery in Galashiels for 160 stitched panels made by more than 1,000 people, telling Scotland's story from 8500 BC to today.6 miles 13 min by road
  4. Harmony GardenHarmony GardenA peaceful walled garden of lawns, scented borders and fruit and vegetable beds round a Georgian house in Melrose, with views of the abbey and the Eildons.7 miles 13 min by road
  5. Melrose AbbeyMelrose AbbeyThe magnificent red sandstone ruin of Scotland's first Cistercian abbey, founded in 1136, where Robert the Bruce's heart is buried.8 miles 14 min by road
  6. The Yarrow Stone, a grey slab spotted with lichen, inside its wooden enclosure beside a farm track, with an information board in front and green hills behind.Yarrow StoneA Latin memorial of the 400s or 500s to two British princes, in the Yarrow valley in the Scottish Borders.10 miles 16 min by road
  7. Scott’s ViewScott’s ViewSir Walter Scott's favourite view, from Bemersyde Hill over the Tweed valley to the three peaks of the Eildon Hills.12 miles 18 min by road
Directions
Motorcycle parked outside Three Hills Coffee Co, with a red Coffee Roastery doorCafeThree Hills CoffeeA step away
Sir Walter Scott's Courtroom on Selkirk's Market Place on a sunny day: the old town hall with its clock tower and tall spire, and Scott's statue on a plinth in front.AttractionsSir Walter Scott's CourtroomA step away
The Haining across its loch on a bright day, the Georgian house and an arcaded range beside it mirrored in the still water among tall trees.AttractionsThe Haining0.5 miles
A power loom weaves dark tartan cloth on its bed, mechanical arms and bobbins visible above the woven fabric in a mill workshop.ShoppingLochcarron of Scotland0.8 miles
Modern entrance with vertical "Lochcarron" lettering beside a stone church buildingAttractionsLochcarron Visitor Centre0.9 miles
The Waterwheel Cafe's covered timber veranda at Philiphaugh, with folding tables and chairs along the deck and the cafe's glazed doors on the right.CafeThe Waterwheel Cafe1.7 miles
Apple trees in blossom in the orchard at Priorwood Garden, with the red stone ruin of Melrose Abbey beyond the wall.AttractionsPriorwood Garden7.5 miles
Whitewashed dining room with black chairs, wine racks and pendant lightsRestaurantsThe Hoebridge7.5 miles
The white lattice deck of the Chain Bridge hanging across the River Tweed from its stone tower, with a heron in the shallows below.AttractionsThe Chain Bridge7.8 miles

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