July 2025 by A Bradshaw
Amazing place surrounded by nature along with fantastic walks. We enjoyed it so much that we've already booked for next year.
July 2025 by Brian James
My wife and I spent a lovely week in March 2025 staying at River Cottage on the Old Melrose Estate. The cottage has everything you need and furnished to a good standard. The peace and quite with lovely walks straight from the door are what appealed to us.
July 2025 by Terry G Ridsdale
Stayed at West Tweed cottage. A very comfortable,spacious cottage with high quality fittings and contents.
A peaceful spot with lovely views to be enjoyed from the spacious veranda. For the chilly evenings there is wood burning stove with an ample supply of logs.
July 2025 by Chris Hardy
We absolutely loved our visit to Melrose Estate, it?s one of our favourite holidays anywhere in the world. It was really peaceful but loads to do in the surrounding area ( we were never bored) The owners were so welcoming and friendly it felt as though we were part of the estate. We loved it so much we booked straight away to return. Chris and Katie
July 2025 by Polly Dunlop
Loved it! Perfect in every way particularly loved the personal welcome pack and the walks around the cottage. Very comfortable and relaxing and well placed for exploring the area.
October 2024 by satya amar
Great place for a peaceful time. Wonderful walks.Helpful owners.
A lovely welcome hamper. Within easy reach of interesting sites.
October 2024 by Amelia Breckons
We've stayed at The Folly twice now and already booked a third holiday. The Folly is gorgeous and cosy with fabulous views down to the river. We've enjoyed walks through the woods and along the river as well as trips further afield as there is plenty to see in the local area. The Old Melrose tea room and antique shop are also worth a visit. A wonderful hidden gem.
October 2024 by Michael Bucknell
We enjoyed our stay in August so much, the cottage is excellent in a very tranquil setting and the day after arriving home, we immediately booked for 2 weeks next year.
October 2024 by Maxine Stevenson
Had the most amazing two weeks stay in river cottage.so enjoying exploring the estate,walks by river ,walks in woods .lots of relaxing in walled garden.very friendly hosts.so amazing we have booked again
October 2024 by J Osborne
Our fourth holiday at the gorgeous Melrose Estate, we never tire of this place and its stunning surroundings. Orchard Cottage is like a home from home, with everything you need. The owners are always welcoming, helpful, warm and friendly. We shall return.
October 2024 by Richard Eccles
We enjoyed a wonderful holiday it was peaceful with lovely views of the river tweed. If you love natural surroundings this is the place.
July 2024 by Chris Wilcox
Our second stay at East Tweed at Old Melrose Estate. Sublimely relaxing, stunning accommodation and surroundings. The most friendly and welcoming hosts. Osprey watching from the verandah, amazing!
May 2024 by andy swift
Had the most amazing time staying at West Tweed. Beautiful walks on the Estate, stunning scenery, perfect dog friendly place to stay. Great being in the heart of nature listening to all the wildlife . Accommodation was absolutely perfect and all to a high quality standard. Every thing there needed, like a home from home. Both William and Frankie made us feel very welcomed on arrival, cannot recommend Old Melrose estate highly enough, fell in love with the place and already booked another stay for later in the year and the following spring. This place is magical and definitely good for the Soul. A special place to relax and unwind.
May 2024 by Dominic Pike
Dog-friendly, peaceful and tranquil river-side Estate in the heart of the Scottish Borders with amazing views and walks along the River Tweed. You'll see otters in the river and hear owls at night. Accommodation well appointed, comfortable and warm, and proximity to Melrose allows easy access to this Borders delight for all your shopping needs.Lovely hosts who couldn't have been more helpful. Thank you, William & Frankie!
January 2024 by Stuart B
Returned recently from a week in the East Tweed cabin.You can book by using the link in the ?Overview? section. That has really good (and accurate) pictures of all (I think just four at the moment with only the other timber cabin nearby) the cottages including the one we stayed (East Tweed).The pictures give an accurate impression of what the place looks like inside and out. The only difference is that the owners have listened to guest feedback and added a porch over the part of the deck outside the front door (see photo). It?s a great addition which meant we were able to change boots etc there sheltered from the rain. Will provide a good bit of a shade in hotter times I?m sure for sitting out.We were there when it was single digit temps outside and often rainy. But we were more snug than in our own relatively modern, well-heated home. It has good electric heating on a central thermostat as well as the log burner.The bathroom floor is also electrically heated so always felt nice. Rest assured that you can enjoy this place at any time of the year. And once the log burner is going that provides all the heat needed.The cabin is equipped to a high standard throughout. Very comfortable bed, good quality bedding, pillows, duvet etc. Lovely bathroom, well-equipped kitchen. It?s also been built with great care ? incredible quality windows and sliding doors to keep it snug. Pitch black at night.Owner Frankie stopped by to welcome us with home made bread, brownies, jam, honey and apple juice from the grounds as well as a couple of lovely fresh eggs from the hens which peck about around 100 yards away. All delicious. William popped in later in the week to make sure all was well. We felt very welcomed as well as being left in peace.The setting is lovely with a view out front over a piece of pasture and then the trees edging the Tweed beyond. There?s a glimpse of the A68 roadbridge and the Tweed through a a gap in the trees in one direction. There?s just the one other cabin a short distance away. A little further is the building which houses the tea room and a farm yard type area. We didn?t get any disturbance from this. We saw the cubs and scouts a couple of times, but they were quickly passing through on the way to their hut a little further away in the grounds.In the parking area it?s possible to hear the road a little depending on wind direction, but this is not audible inside and on the deck you can only occasionally hear it very faintly as it?s more sheltered by the landscape and trees. The overriding impression is of tranquility.The grounds are a treat. You are made welcome to roam and explore. We trotted down to the river and around on the first morning spotting a cormorant and a heron. An egret flew over and there were plenty of rowdy ducks. A couple of deer made their way unbothered across the pasture outside the cabin.Owner William will challenge you to spot otters and owls whilst there too although I?m sorry to say I think we were being a bit too lazy to get up early/stay up late enough. Ospreys have nested on the estate in the last couple of years. We hope to see them on our next visit.I could go on, but will simply say that we had already booked to go back in spring before we?d left. Most unlike us to rebook the same place again.We were only vaguely familiar with the area mainly from passing through and maybe stopping quickly en route else, but we enjoyed it. We visited Hawick, had a lovely walk from Newtown over to Dryburgh, the William Wallace statue and then on to Scott?s View (where you can look back on the estate and its lovely bend in the Tweed. Melrose was a pleasant surprise being both pretty and well-furnished with interesting shops.We also popped into Edinburgh using the excellent train which runs from Tweedbank (8-10 mins drive away) and takes about an hour (~£10 return) to Waverley Station in the centre of the city. Kelso, Jedburgh, and Selkirk are all very close by.
