Out & About

Situated in an ideal location for activities and visits in all four directions and enjoying a lovely rural location, The New Farmhouse is sure to provide you with a memorable holiday.

Take a stroll up to the wood hill and experience the enchanting way the light catches the beech trees as you enjoy 360° views.

Biggar is less than 2 miles away with a good selection of food and gift shops, butchers, post office and co-operative. It boasts 3 museums. In October the annual Biggar Little Festival celebrates the arts with all manner of concerts, exhibitions and activities and the finale to the year happens on the 31st December when a huge bonfire is lit at the top of the town, a site probably not witnessed anywhere else!

Continue through Biggar and you will find the world heritage site at New Lanark, Robert Owen’s restored workhouse and find out what life was like in the 1800’s.

You will have noticed a large hill standing on its’ own, this is Tinto hill an outlying part of the Southern Uplands. The walk to the summit at 711m is well worth it for the views. Also close to Biggar is Culter Fell (748m) where on a clear day you can see from the Cumbrian Lake to District up to the Scottish Highlands. The highest hill in the south of Scotland is Broadlaw (840m) closely followed by Dollar Law (817m). There may be sheep farming and sporting activity in the area, so care should be taken when accessing the hills in the spring or late summer.

Continuing west down the M74, visit Drumlanrig Castle or the Pink Palace as it sometimes known due to the reddish colour of the sandstone it is built with. One of the homes of the Duke of Buccleuch, with its grand rooms and furniture. It has marvellous woodland walks, mountain biking and a fabulous children’s adventure playground. It is also home to the Scottish Cycle Museum housing a huge collection of interesting bicycles including a replica of Macmillan's original, an 1868 velocipedebike.

The pretty town of Peebles is one of the most popular in the Scottish Borders and is reached in 25 minutes with its swimming pool, Gytes leisure centre and the Eastgate theatre which has films and concerts. Neidpath castle should not be missed. It has been a source of inspiration for the 19th century authors Sir Walter Scott and William Wordsworth, and some of the scenes in films The Bruce, Merlin and Joan of Arc were shot here.

A further 5 minutes from Peebles is the world class mountain biking centre of Glentress and Innerlethen, one of the 7 stanes centres.

You can do it all from The New Farmhouse.

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