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Lochcarron Visitor Centre

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The visitor centre of the Lochcarron of Scotland mill tells how much textile making has meant to the Borders, and how Lochcarron's cloth is known to the fashion houses and designers of today.

A tour shows how the cloth is made, and there is a shop, tartan to learn about and a coffee shop.

Close byThree Hills CoffeeA speciality coffee roastery and cafe on the High Street in Selkirk, roasting its own beans and teaching barista courses.4 min by roadSee itMotorcycle parked outside Three Hills Coffee Co, with a red Coffee Roastery door

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  5. Inside the Trimontium Museum: Roman cavalry armour, helmets, a painted shield and a silver face-mask helmet in dark cases lit red.Trimontium MuseumA museum on Melrose's Market Square telling the story of Trimontium, the Roman fort a mile and a half east at Newstead.6 miles as the crow flies
Directions
Motorcycle parked outside Three Hills Coffee Co, with a red Coffee Roastery doorCafeThree Hills Coffee0.9 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 Bridge5.7 miles
Gravel path between flowerbeds leads to a wooden door in a stone wallAttractionsHarmony Garden6.9 miles
Gothic tracery and pinnacles of the ruined abbey against a cloudy skyAttractionsMelrose Abbey7.0 miles
Whitewashed dining room with black chairs, wine racks and pendant lightsRestaurantsThe Hoebridge7.0 miles
Burts Hotel in Melrose, a white-painted 18th-century inn with black window surrounds and red window boxes.RestaurantsBurts Hotel7.6 miles
The Rhymer's Stone, a small upright memorial stone on a cobbled base in front of bushes.AttractionsRhymer’s Stone8.0 miles
Empty bar stools face shelves of spirits behind a panelled counterRestaurantsBuccleuch Arms9.6 miles
Leaderfoot Viaduct's stone arches span the River Tweed through rolling Borders farmlandAttractionsLeaderfoot Viaduct9.9 miles

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Places to stay near Lochcarron Visitor Centre, and when each is next free.

A grey stone farmhouse with several chimneys stands against rolling hills, a wildflower meadow in the foreground.The Scullery
  • Sleeps 2
  • In Yarrow
  • 8 miles from Lochcarron Visitor Centre
Free 13–15 NovThe House in the Hill at dusk, its turf roof over walls of local stone and glass, a bedroom lit inside and the hot tub at the corner.The House in the Hill
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Jedburgh
  • 18 miles from Lochcarron Visitor Centre
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