AUTUMN in the Scottish countryside borders on brilliant with bright oranges and reds covering the trees and the sound of crisp leaves underfoot. That’s especially true in St Boswells in Roxburghshire ...

Sarah Franklin believes Dryburgh is leading the way in tackling the biodiversity and climate change crises. A Romantic notion has led to a Borders abbey leading the way in tackling the biodiversity ...

Sir Walter Scott is buried at the Dryburgh Abbey site Access restrictions at the Borders abbey where Sir Walter Scott is buried have been lifted after checks and repairs to its masonry. Historic ...

DRYBURGH ABBEY HOTEL, NEAR MELROSE WHERE AND WHY: This cosy country house hotel is set in 10 acres of tranquil grounds on the banks of the River Tweed in the beautiful Scottish Borders. There's a pool ...

Police are investigating the theft of a stone-carved head from one of the four historic abbeys in the Scottish Borders. It was stolen from the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey, which dates back to 1150, near ...

'Have you stayed with us before?' I'm asked on making a phone booking at Dryburgh Abbey Hotel, near Melrose, in the Scottish borders. 'Because if you haven't, you might not know the dress code in the ...

HAVING just emerged from a host of jamborees celebrating the life and works of Robert Burns, it is perhaps time to raise a glass to toast a writer who could claim to be equally famous outside his ...

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A Romantic notion has led to a Borders abbey leading the way in tackling the biodiversity crisis. Managers and gardeners at Dryburgh wanted to recreate an early 19th Century landscape when they ...