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The Border Hotel

3.0 star property

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Exterior
Family Cottage, Ensuite | Private kitchen | Coffee/tea maker, electric kettle
Exterior
Triple Room, Ensuite | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds
Family Apartment | Front of property

Reviews

9.0 out of 10

Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Breakfast available
  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
Kirk Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Kelso, Scotland, TD5 8PQ
  • Pennine Way
    1 min walk
  • Kelso Racecourse
    14 min drive
  • Berwick-Upon-Tweed Station
    27 min drive
  • Tweedbank Station
    31 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Standard Double or Twin Room, Ensuite, Mountain View

Standard Double or Twin Room, Ensuite, Mountain View | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Standard Double or Twin Room, Ensuite, Mountain View

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds OR 1 Double Bed

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Family Apartment | Front of property

Family Apartment

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds

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Standard Double Room, Ensuite | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Standard Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Superior Double Room, Ensuite | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Superior Double Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Single Beds

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Triple Room, Ensuite | Egyptian cotton sheets, premium bedding, pillow-top beds

Triple Room, Ensuite

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 1 Double Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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About this property

The Border Hotel

Hotel in Kelso with restaurant and bar/lounge
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a meeting room. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include wedding services and a banquet hall. Housekeeping is not available.
The Border Hotel offers 6 accommodations with complimentary bottles of water and coffee/tea makers. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.
During your stay at The Border Hotel, you're just a quick walk from Pennine Way. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking, plus a restaurant. This property offers pet-friendly amenities, such as food and water bowls.
  • Free Wi-Fi in some public areas
  • Free self-parking
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Full breakfast offered for a fee
  • Services include wedding services
  • On-site recreation includes hiking/biking trails
  • Steps from Pennine Way and 6 minutes by car from Hailes Castle
  • Dogs welcome for a fee
  • Pet-friendly amenities are available, including food and water bowls
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. Free self parking is available.

This 3-star Kelso hotel is smoke free.

Guests can enjoy full breakfast for a fee.
The Border Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English, Italian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Hiking/biking trails

Family friendly

  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Guidebooks

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Meeting room

Accessibility

  • No lift

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Pillowtop mattress

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with digital channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
The host will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Host will greet you

Pets

  • Pets: GBP 10 per pet, per stay
  • Only dogs are allowed
  • Food and water bowls are available
    • Service animals are exempt from fees.

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Pet fee: GBP 10 per pet, per stay
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a first aid kit
This property does not have a front desk. The host will greet guests on arrival.

Property is also known as

Border Hotel Kelso
The Border Hotel Hotel
The Border Hotel Kelso
The Border Hotel Hotel Kelso

The Border Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 63 out of 104 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 104 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 104 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 104 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 104 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

SHEKH

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Lesley

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Kevin, Camberley

Travelled with family, Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quiet, rural setting with good walking as it is nestled at the edge ofvthe Cheviots.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

William

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

sally

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Welcome from staff in bar good, room confortable-no mirror for drying hair . Limited menu in bar for evening meals Great breakfast although the large room was a bit chilly and there were only two table to be served.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jenny

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just super
Absolutely loved it! Our apartment room was perfect for my and my two sons and the staff could not have been more helpful. Looking for an excuse to go back already!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pizer
Very warm welcome relaxed friendly great food Deffo re visit
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline Ann

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mrs R M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel
Nice hotel Food delicious Excellent service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property has a lot of history and fabulous outdoor area.. the new owners informed us they were putting in a fire pit under the gazebo that will allow customers to experience the outdoor area into the evenings. Fabulous view of the hills from our bedroom.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

LouiseGraham

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
The cottage was lovely, food in the hotel was really good, just not enough staff, service was very slow
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

4/10 Poor

Marc

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hill walkers paradise. Child unfriendly.
Hotel is very charming from the outside and around the bar area. Set in a quiet village and is clearly a hill walkers paradise. Clearly not a hotel that is suitable for families with infants. Positives - Peaceful, Friendly staff, bed was comfortable. Negatives - Pennine Room (most expensive room in hotel) was filthy. Shower head is disgusting and needs replaced, and when something so obvious is overlooked, it leaves you fearing the worst. Window sills were filthy. Cobwebs everywhere. Light bulbs out. Carpet clearly had a quick hoover over prior to our arrival, but generally still filthy. Really poor when you have an infant who spends most of their time on the floor. No cleaning and emptying of bins in the morning, so room bin was overflowing. Food - first nights dinner, the wife and I both had ordered the chicken pie. One was hot and one was cold. No staff member asked how our meal was. I wasn’t hungry so gave wife the hot pie and I ate the chips. Ordered an omelette for our 1 year old and when it finally arrived, it was severely undercooked. Dangerous for a child of this age. Breakfast service is very slow, fine when it’s adults who can have tea and a chat, but as I said before. Not a hotel setup well for a family with a young child. Floor in breakfast area had bits of food from days prior. On check out - no one asked how our stay was. Can only assume they expect negative feedback so don’t bother asking. Really, really poor. Shame
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Pete

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect Stay for The Pennine Way
Lovely hotel and my target now for 3 years in 17 days of walking the Pennine way. It’s a small cosy bar with more restaurant at side and rear. After 16 miles of my last days walking a reals Hot bath was particularly inviting. Would I stay there again? Hell yes! See you in 3 years when I do “a lap of Honour”
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overnighter
Little disorganised but very friendly. Would recommend for an overnight stop.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Marnie, Sheffield

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great staff, beautiful location, lovely food and service.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
lovely borders cottage
This is great cottage and spotlessly clean and well equipped, only drawback is it has no WiFi which with teenagers is a major problem!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointing!
We didn’t actually stay at this hotel. It was shabby downstairs, and little attention seemed to be given to COVID precautions. The room was slightly better than downstairs, but the curtains were hanging off the rail, the wooden toilet seat had some damage and wouldn’t have been hygienic. To my mind if a hotel can’t be bothered to fix a simple thing like broken curtain hooks, or a worn toilet seat, it does not give guests confidence that it is doing its utmost to keep people safe in these trying times. The bed was large and looked fine, but we didn’t stay to lay our heads there.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great way to end the Pennine Way
An iconic place to stay at the end of the Pennine Way. Very friendly service. Hot shower, comfy bed and big breakfast - what else can you need!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Mick, Chesterfield

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is steeped in tradition and oozes character. Its the iconic finishing point of the Pennine way, a 268 mile walk from Edale in Derbyshire finishing at the border Hotel in Kirk Yetholm. The standard of the hotel is 1st class the staff warm and friendly and the food is delicious. Highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Gerry, Derby

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disappointed that the advertised walk in shower was not to be, but otherwise a good stay. Breakfast is excellent and plentiful and staff are friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020