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Getting there: No public transportation is available to Fulton Tower.  The nearest train station is Berwick-Upon-Tweed, 34 miles to the NE.  Edinburgh airport is 45 miles NW.  London is 290 miles south.

 

From Bedrule, travel south towards the B6537.  Fulton Tower will be on the left side of the road about a mile and a half from the town.

Places to stay:  The closest towns with lodging are in Denholm, Hawick and Jedburgh. 

In Denholm:

The Auld Cross Keys Inn

The Green

Denholm, Roxburghshire TD9 8NU

(0)1450 870305

In Hawick:

Mansfield House Hotel, Weensland Road TD9 8LB
Tel: 01450 373988 & 360400  (Tell Ian, the proprietor, that you are a Turnbull Clan member for royal treatment.)

Wiltonburn Farm, Hawick Borders TD9 7LL
Tel: 0845 644 8315

Elm House Hotel, 14 North Bridge Street TD9 9BD
Tel: 01450 372866

In Jedburgh:

The Glenbank House Hotel, Castlegate TD8 6BD
Tel: 01835 862258

Meadhon House 48 Castlegate TD86BB
Tel: 01835 862504

The Jedforest Hotel, Camptown, TD8 6PJ
Tel: 01835 840222 (a bit more elegant accommodations)

 

Places to eat:  A place those in the know enjoy is The Horse and Hound in Bonchester Bridge at the crossroad of the A6088 and the B6357.

Other nearby restaurants and pubs include:

Simply Scottish, 6 High Street, Jedburgh

The Pheasant Inn, High Street, Jedburgh

Auld Cross Keys Inn, Main Street, Denholm

The Jedburgh Hotel and Restaurant, for finer dining

Nearby Historical Sights:  Jedburgh Abbey, Jedbrugh Castle Jail and Museum, Mary Queen of Scots house, Melrose Abbey, Kelso Abbey, Fatlips Castle, Hermitage Castle

Nearby Attractions: Bedrule, Bedrule Parish, Hawick Tower Museum, Ruberslaw, Jedburgh Woolen Mill, Minto Parish Church, Minto Golf Club, Ancrum Village Green and Market Cross, Ancrum Old Parish Church, Leyden Monument in Denholm, Jedforest Deer and Farm Park, Drumlanrig Castle and the Queensberry Estate

Related websites: www.bedruleparish.byinternet.co.uk, www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ROX/Bedrule, www.discovertheborders.co.uk www.meadhon.com, www.mansfield-house.com,  www.jedforesthotel.com  www.wiltonburnfarm.co.uk,  www.elmhouse-hawick.fsnet.co.uk,  www.glenbankhotel.co.ukwww.frontiernet.net/~elisa96/hirth/tower4.htm

http://www.picturesofengland.com/Scotland/Borders/towns

   
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