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    Scotland Starts Here
    • Sep 8, 2020

    Scotland Starts Here

    Our tips on where to go and what to do in the Scottish Borders.
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    The Times selects The Five Turrets as one of the 30 best Scottish hideaways
    • Jul 6, 2020

    The Times selects The Five Turrets as one of the 30 best Scottish hideaways

    Take an 1850s coach house, add a photographer/weaver couple with stacks of creativity and you get Five Turrets.
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    The Scottish Borders - Knock Yourself Out
    • Apr 30, 2020

    The Scottish Borders - Knock Yourself Out

    Dreaming of a holiday somewhere where you can be yourself again? Then it's time to start dreaming about the Scottish Borders.
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    The Five Turrets reopens to take in NHS staff
    • Apr 10, 2020

    The Five Turrets reopens to take in NHS staff

    Scottish Borders property provides free accommodation for NHS Borders key workers
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    Stichill Linn - Scotland’s secret waterfall
    • Jan 28, 2020

    Stichill Linn - Scotland’s secret waterfall

    Stichill Linn is one of Scotland’s most majestic waterfalls and one of its most closely-kept secrets.
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    The Selkirk Haggis Hunt
    • Jan 19, 2020

    The Selkirk Haggis Hunt

    Another bumper haul for the Selkirk Haggis Hunt as the town once again celebrates the start of the haggis season.
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    Happy New Year, happy new mini-breaks
    • Dec 27, 2019

    Happy New Year, happy new mini-breaks

    Looking for a deal on short breaks in Scotland? Take in Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders with two luxurious nights at The Five Turrets.
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    Autumn in the Scottish Borders
    • Oct 10, 2019

    Autumn in the Scottish Borders

    Autumn's finally here and the leaves are turning. Time to visit the Scottish Borders to drink in those colours.
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    Family days out in the Scottish Borders
    • Oct 6, 2019

    Family days out in the Scottish Borders

    The guide to the best places to go and things to do in and around the Scottish Borders.
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    Scotland begins at the border
    • Jun 10, 2019

    Scotland begins at the border

    The real Scotland begins at the border.
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    The Sunday Times names The Five Turrets in its top 25 UK holiday cottages
    • Apr 14, 2019

    The Sunday Times names The Five Turrets in its top 25 UK holiday cottages

    "Five Turrets is decorated with the owners’ landscape shots and wall hangings, with flair stamped all over their bright furnishings and q...
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    Pssst! Can you keep a secret?
    • Mar 2, 2019

    Pssst! Can you keep a secret?

    Our new video showcases the unsung Scottish Borders. For many tourists, Scotland is simply the Highlands and Edinburgh. But they're missi...
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    Sawday’s: inspected and selected
    • Feb 15, 2019

    Sawday’s: inspected and selected

    We’re quite chuffed to have been selected to feature in Alastair Sawday’s guide to the world’s best - and quirkiest - places to stay. Ala...
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    The Five Turrets art store is open
    • Feb 14, 2019

    The Five Turrets art store is open

    The pictures on the walls of The Five Turrets are now available to buy from our online store. The store sells prints, framed prints, post...
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    There’s more to Scotland...
    • Feb 11, 2019

    There’s more to Scotland...

    There’s more to Scotland than Edinburgh and the Highlands. The Scottish Borders is the perfect place for a Scottish getaway. World class ...
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    Introductory February offer
    • Feb 6, 2019

    Introductory February offer

    We're offering a full week's stay at The Five Turrets for just £750 as an introductory offer for our new self catering property in the Sc...
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    Who wouldn't want to come and stay?
    • Feb 6, 2019

    Who wouldn't want to come and stay?

    Scotland on Sunday features The Five Turrets Gethin Chamberlain and Carolynn Shaw have transformed The Five Turrets in Selkirk into a uni...
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    How to make sure only the wedding cake is in tiers
    • Feb 6, 2019

    How to make sure only the wedding cake is in tiers

    Looking for somewhere special for your wedding guests to stay? The Five Turrets is the answer. Planning a wedding in the Scottish Borders...
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    Have a happy hogmanay
    • Dec 18, 2018

    Have a happy hogmanay

    Bored with Brexit? Cream-crackered at the thought of Christmas? Treat yourself to a New Year break in Scotland at The Five Turrets, the g...
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    Tales of the riverbank: Scott's View and the River Tweed
    • Dec 14, 2018

    Tales of the riverbank: Scott's View and the River Tweed

    That perfect moment when you reach the best viewpoint on the walk just as the light comes good. Scott’s View, a few miles east of Melrose...
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    The Five Turrets, Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk , TD7 4LE

    stay@fiveturrets.com

    01750 21349

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