View of Kelso from the Cobby River side walk. On the left hand side of the picture can be seen St John's Church steeple, and on the right Kelso Abbey can just be made out. Just about 200 metres from where this picture was taken there is the famous Junction Pool which is world famous within the fishing fraternaty for Salmon Fishing. Take a look at the Kelso-Online page about the Junction Pool. There's also trout fishing, shooting and, of course, golf! With the Kelso Golf Club's 18 hole course, the Roxburghe Championship Golf Course, and an amazing choice of 9 and 18 hole courses all nearby.

http://www.kelso-online.co.uk/Junction%20Pool.html

We have our famous Abbey, our spacious market square (Scotland's largest), its elegant Town House (where you'll find the Tourist Information Office), our Millennium Viewpoint and the town's expansive five-arched bridge over the Tweed. You can sample Kelso's ice rink, bowling alley and swimming pool. You'll find a fascinating variety of local shops. And in the evening there are so many choices in entertainment and eating out — from the traditional White Swan Inn right next to Inglestone House B & B to a tasty selection of restaurants, bistro bars and pubs.

Kelso and the surrounding area are full of historic monuments and buildings, they are numerous but some examples are Kelso, Jedburgh and Melrose Abbeys. Roxburgh Castle which was once the seat of power both for Scotland and England. To the right you can see an image of Kelso Abbey as it stands today. The Abbey is within a 5 minute walk of the Wallaceneuk Cottage and is just off the Kelso Town Square where most of the retail outlets are situated in Kelso.

And you can't leave without visiting Floors Castle the home to the Duke of Roxburghe and its gardens, Mellerstain House, Roxburgh Castle, Greenknowe Tower and Hume Castle — nor can you miss the pleasures of soaking up the gentle calm of Kelso's riverbank walks around and beyond the town.

Activity or tranquillity, you will be spoilt for choice