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Welcome
to Eildon Holiday Cottages
Eildon Holiday Cottages comprises six award-winning modern holiday
"cottages" at Melrose in the Scottish Borders. Built
of local Melrose stone (a lovely 'old rose' colour) in a secluded
site on the edge of the town, the Georgian farmhouse and cottage
buildings date back to 1830.
The
cottages themselves are spacious, warm, bright and very well equipped.
Five of the cottages are Category 1 (suitable for wheelchair users
travelling independently) and have very special facilities for
disabled and elderly guests. Access is easy and level throughout.
In each of the cottages, there is at least one bedroom with shower
or bathroom on the ground floor. The facilities for less able
visitors are subtle and unobtrusive, to the extent that guests
of all abilities will be equally comfortable. The sixth 'cottage'
is accessed via a short flight of stairs, and used to be the original
Granary room.
The
cottages are situated 600 ft up on the slopes of the Eildon Hills
with magnificent views over the Lammermuir and Moorfoot Hills
beyond. Melrose' 9-hole golf course is within 300 yards of the
cottages which are ideally placed for touring the beautiful Scottish
Borders countryside on traffic-free roads. Abbotsford, the home
of the novelist Sir Walter Scott, is less than 4 miles away and
there is much in the area to interest historians, architects and
gardeners. Edinburgh and the coast of Northumberland and Berwickshire
are an easy hours drive away. St Cuthbert's Way is but a few hundred
yards from the cottage entrance.
The
cottages are on the edge of Melrose itself, whose Abbey holds
the heart of Robert the Bruce and which is one of the most attractive
of the Borders towns with its unusual shops and fine eating places.
Excellent hill walking, rambling, fishing, horse riding and golf
are all available nearby.
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Winner
of the Holiday Care Service award in 1991 for the best self-catering
accommodation for disabled people in Britain.
Winner of the Tourism for All award in 1991 for the best facilities
for disabled people in Scotland.
Scottish Tourist Board 3 star accreditation
Category 1 rated - suitable for wheelchair users travelling independently
Special mention in National Civic Trust awards 1992
Central Borders' Civic Trust Special Award for excellence 1992
Telephone/Fax:
+44 (0)1896 823258
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