Shops and makers
in the Scottish Borders.

Tartan mills and village shops.

The Borders are famous for textiles, and you can still buy them where they are made. Visit a working tartan mill at Selkirk that weaves hundreds of tartans, or a cashmere maker's outlet in Hawick. Around them are lovely independent shops, from a bookshop, deli and homeware store in an old auction house at St Boswells to small Scandinavian-style shops in Kelso and Innerleithen. Leave room in the car for a blanket or two.