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Traquair House (Innerleithen)


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Traquair House (Innerleithen)

 
Description: Address: Innerleithen / Peeblesshire / EH44 6PW / Scotland / The Traquair dates back to 1107 and was originally a ... more
Traquair House (Innerleithen) ... hunting lodge for the kings and queens of Scotland.

Newest Review: ... were doing too and spread our rug out on the grassy slope of the originally drive. Several cheeky peacocks came to try our sandwiches much to our sons delight. Once replenished we decided to do one of the walks around the grounds. The walk we choose was the woodland walk. This starts at the corner of the house and follows a path around the outer parts of the grounds of the house. You walk ... more

 ... past the children's playground and head into the woods. This walk was delightful as you go past several babbling burns and streams and through pine woods. During July there were a few of the dreaded Scottish midge near the water but we all managed to a...more

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jillycat
Crowned Review Traquair House (Innerleithen): Scotland oldest inhabited house is worth a visit (2178 words)
by - written on 25/08/09 (Very useful, 117 readings)
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We visited Traquair House in the Scottish Borders on a recent trip there at the end of July. We picked Traquair to visit out of all the Borders castles because it had a maze something I have always wanted to do and for my husband they have a brewery so he wanted to have a look around there and have a few samples of the real ale. Where is it ********************* Traquair house is 1.5 miles away from Innerleithan which is on the A72 between Peebles and Galashiels. The road off the A72 to Traquair house is a bit twisty so you will need to drive slowly especially as it is very easy to miss the left hand turning into the grounds. You also come out a ...  Read the complete review

 

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