Self catering

Self catering cottage sleeping 6,
about 1.5 hours south of Edinburgh
secluded in an unspoilt rural landscape.

Swanshiel, nr Bonchester Bridge, Scotland Location map

Swanshiel
near Hawick, Jedburgh and Bonchester Bridge,
Roxburghshire
Scotland

Sleeping 6

View from the front of the house

Swanshiel is a traditional farm cottage. It is situated in the middle of Hartshaugh, a 430 acre mixed farm among the rolling hills and wooded valleys of the Scottish Borders. It is about an hour and a half from Edinburgh and Newcastle. The house faces south and has beautiful views in all directions. The photograph (right) shows the view from the front of the house.

The roads around about are small with little traffic, and Swanshiel itself is on its own at the end of a 150 yard drive, so this is a peaceful place. From every window are views of unspoilt rural Borders countryside, and around the house is an enclosed grass garden, ideal for children. Bonchester Bridge is 5 minutes away, and has a village shop and a pub with good food.

Owners Toby and Emma Tennant have modernised the house and it has central heating and partial double glazing, and can accommodate 6 comfortably.

Swanshiel is situated in the midst of the very very best biking country. Within 4 miles of the cottage there is Hell's Hole mountain bike track in Hyndlee Forest. Keilder Forest Park is only 20 miles away and has four of the best single tracks in England. The Newcastleton 7stanes (one of the 9 world famous mountain bike trails of southern Scotland) is within a 40 minute drive (through the wonderful Borders landscape). In the garden of Swanshiel there is a lockable shed suitable for mountain bikes.

Accommodation:

Sitting Room Sitting Room

Above left and right: Sitting room with solid fuel stove and television and DVD player. Plus lots of interesting books and lovely pictures

Bathroom

Left and right: Downstairs double bedroom and bathroom with bath, shower over, basin and wc.

Below left and right: Upstairs, two twin bedrooms.

Double bedroom
Upstairs Bedroom Upstairs Bedroom

Right: Kitchen with dining table.
Microwave oven, electric-cooker, fridge-freezer, dishwasher and washing-machine.

The view from the window above the sink is of the field behind the house.

Kitchen

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 Guest's comments

Tariff:

Price per week £Sleeping up
to 6 people		Sleeping up
to 2 people
Peak season525n/a
High season425385
Middle season 385325
Low season 345295

Please enquire from the agency for the exact dates of the seasonal rental periods.

Linen is NOT included. Linen can be hire for £15 per double bed and £10 per single bed.
Fuel charges are NOT included. Please ask the agency (address below) for exact details.

Right: The loch. You can see Swanshiel at the end of the drive on the left.

Swanshiel loch

To enquire or to book:

Please contact:
Emma and Toby Tennants' agent, Ecosse Unique, at

Tel: 01835 822277
Fax: 01835 870417
(or from outside the UK:
Tel: 44 1835 822277
Fax: 44 1835 870417)

Swanshiel from the South East
Cleuchhead

Owners Toby and Emma Tennant, have two other cottages in this area (map below).
See Cleuchhead (left) and The Roughley(right).

The Roughley

The Scottish Borders

Swanshiel is an ideal base from which to explore the magnificent country and many historic towns and great houses of the Borders:

Bonchester Bridge, Swanshiel's local village with pub serving typical (and good) pub meals.
Hawick, 8 miles. Centre of the knitwear industry. Museums and many mill shops. Bookshop/cafe Damascus Drum
Jedburgh, 8 miles. Queen Mary's House, Abbey, and mill shops, places to eat and all facilities
Kielder Water and Forest Park, 20 miles. Mountain biking, sailing. Birds of Prey and Falconry centre
Melrose, 20 miles. Medieval Abbey, Priorswood Garden, restaurants, excellent small shops
Kelso, 20 miles. Scottish Borders county market town - excellent shops, Abbey, Floors Castle
Hadrian's Wall 40 miles. Wonderful drive via Kielder Water or via Newcastleton
Berwick-upon-Tweed, 40 miles. On the sea – just on the English side of the border, and railway station
Carlisle, 50 miles. Atmospheric medieval Cathedral, Tully house museum (Roman archeology) Edinburgh, 50 miles. Scotland's Capital City
Newcastle, 50 miles.
Houses open to the public within driving distance include: Cragside and Wallington in Northumberland. Bowhill near Selkirk and Floors Castle in Kelso.

 Map of the Scottish Borders

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