Sporting Breaks

The Scottish Borders offers a great variety of sporting activities including golf, fishing, shooting, walking, cycling, tennis, and pony trekking and to name just a few. Set in the heart of the Scottish Borders in St. Boswells near Melrose, The Buccleuch Arms Hotel is the ideal base to explore the great outdoors and sports the Borders has to offer.

Golf

The Buccleuch Arms Hotel is the place to stay for a golf holiday to the Scottish Borders. We specialise in golf breaks and arranging many different types of holidays to suit all budgets and groups sizes.

Horse Racing

Just 12 miles away from the Buccleuch Arms Hotel, Kelso race course holds regular meetings between October and May each year. We have put together some great packages to enable you to enjoy the racing around any of the fixtures.

Game Shooting

The Scottish Borders and surrounding countryside is just perfect for shooting of all shapes and sizes. Why not see what we can do to make your sporting break that bit more special?

Walking

We are a convenient and popular destination for exhilarating and scenic walking holidays. St. Cuthbert’s Way passes through St.Boswell’s and The Southern Upland Way, Borders Abbeys Way, the Eildon Hills, Dryburgh Abbey to Scott’s View are all beautiful walks varying in distance and ability.

Rugby

We are 3 miles from Melrose, the heart of the rugby sevens and a great stopover on the way to Murrayfield in Edinburgh, the home of Scottish Rugby.

Fishing

Salmon and trout fishing is available on the world famous River Tweed which is just minutes from the Buccleuch Arms Hotel door. The season here is one of the longest, running from 1st February until the 30th November and with prior notice we can arrange a day's fishing and equipment hire.