📌 Town in Scottish Borders
★★★
An attractive former market settlement at the confluence of the Eddleston Water and the River Tweed, Peebles is a typically handsome Borders town and still retains a generous clutch of independent businesses; the number and variety of walks and attractions in the immediate area makes this a great place for a day out, or even a longer stay. The town has a long history stretching back well beyond its designation as a Royal Burgh in 1152, though various fires and attacks by the English over the centuries mean most of what you see today dates from Victorian times. The attractive Chambers Institution houses a small museum and art gallery as well as the town library. Church lovers have come to the right place: Peebles has a seemingly huge number of churches for its size – a particularly interesting trio of parish (and former parish) churches are listed below. At the rather more active end of the spectrum, 7stanes Glentress is just down the road: arguably Scotland’s best mountain biking hub.
🌍 Location
📌 Scottish Borders
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 251404
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.651528,-3.190774
🚶 There’s plenty to see within walking distance of the small town centre, and there are paths into the Moorfoot Hills from here. Glentress mountain biking trailhead is a couple of miles away.
🚌 Buses run on routes from Edinburgh, Galashiels, Biggar & Innerleithen.
🚗 Some central parking is restricted or has a charge, but there are plenty of free spaces further out.
Explore nearby
<1 mi away
>> Cross Kirk ★★
>> Peebles Museum and Gallery ★★
>> Peebles Old Parish Church ★★
>> St Andrew’s Tower (Peebles) ★
>> Walk: Dun Rig & a Glensax quartet ★★★ (map: red)
>> Walk: On Cademuir Hill – a writer’s round ★★★ (map: blue)
>> Walk: River Tweed & Neidpath Castle – a Peebles pleasure ★★★ (map: green)
<3 mi away
>> 7stanes Glentress ★★★★★ (2 mi →)
>> Kailzie Gardens ★★★ (2 mi →)
