Border Hotel, Kelso

Phillip & Margaret Blackburn would like to welcome you to the Border Hotel. We are a family run small coaching Inn situated on the village green in the historic village of Kirk Yetholm. We have five high quality newly refurbished ensuite bedrooms, a function room, lounge bar, resident's lounge, public bar and conservatory, The Borders dates back to 1750 and was originally known as the Grey Horse.
Special winter rates offer via the web site only, bookings for January - February, Monday - Thursday stay three nights B&B for the price of two.

All the rooms at the Border Hotel have undergone major refurbishment and our 2007/2008 rates are, £90.00 for a double room including full Scottish breakfast. Rooms taken as singles are £45.00 including breakfast in a twin room. Children are welcome at the Border Hotel with all children under 2yrs in parents room Free of charge. Child reductions available from 2-12yrs (in family room with adults). Dogs are also welcome, a small charge of £6.00 is made to cover the extra housekeeping. All five rooms are en-suite with shower-and-bath, with new flat screen colour television with digital channels, coffee & tea facilities, radio alarm and wifi available to residents. Packed lunches can be arranged, with breakfast trays available for early departures.

The Border Hotel is at the end of the Pennine Way. Here the tradition states that if you have walked the full 268 miles (429km) from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm in Scotland and present a copy of Wainwrights guide at the bar you can claim a free drink. The pint was originally paid for by Wainwright him self but he reduced his offer of a free pint to a free half in 1979 as a result of low donations to charity from walkers. After his death in 1991 he left money in his will to carry on the tradition but this has long run out and is now sponsored by the Broughton Ales a brewery in Peebles, they brew the Pennine Way Bitter exclusively for the Border Hotel which is an excellent hoppy bitter .