The town preserves its original medieval form with a single main street widening into the Market Place. The Historic Royal Burgh of Jedburgh, once a residence of Scottish kings, lies 10 miles north of the border with England. Winner of the country town prize in Beautiful Scotland in Bloom. The picturesque town of Kelso, lies in a fine setting at the junction of the Rivers Tweed and Teviot. Described by Sir Walter Scott as 'the most beautiful, if not the most romantic village in Scotland'.
Distances shown are in a direct line.
Distances by road will be longer. Melrose Abbey is probably the most famous ruin in Scotland. It was founded by David I around 1136 as a Cistercian abbey, but largely destroyed by Richard II's English army in 1385. Both beautifully situated and of intrinsic quality, the ruins of the Premonstratensian abbey at Dryburgh are remarkably complete. Sited high on a rocky outcrop, Smailholm is a small rectangular tower set within a stone barmkin wall.