Hawick

Understand

Get in

By car

On the A7, 43 miles north of Carlisle and 50 miles south of Edinburgh

By bus

First Borders X95 bus runs hourly (Mon-Sat daytime, every 2-3 hours evenings and Sundays) from Edinburgh via Galashiels and Selkirk. The X95 also runs from Carlisle.

Get around

See
  • 🌍 Borders Textile Tower House, 1 Tower Knowe, ☎ +44 1450 377615. Apr-Oct Mon-Sat 10.00 -16.30, Sun 12.00 – 15.00; Nov-Mar Mon,Wed-Sat 10.00 – 16.00,. tells the story of the region’s textile heritage (updated Dec 2016)
  • 🌍 Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge Park. Apr-Sep: Mon-Fri 10.00am-12.00pm and 1.00pm-5.00pm, Sat-Sun 2.00pm-5.00pm; Oct-Mar, Mon-Fri, 12.00pm-3.00pm, Sun 1.00pm-3.00pm. Art gallery and museum in Wilton Lodge, an 18th century mansion house. The museum has town history and an exhibition on motorcycling champions Jimmie Guthrie and Steve Hislop. free. (updated Jan 2017)
  • 🌍 Maiden Paps (10 miles south of Hawick). twin hills that have the shape of human breasts. (updated Feb 2017)

Do
  • Watch Rugby Union at Hawick RUFC. They play in the Premiership, the top tier of Scottish rugby. Their home ground is at Mansfield Park, Hawick TD8 8AW, on the north bank of the river.
  • Common Riding. Friday after the first Monday in June. Horse ride-outs festival involving hundreds of horses. (updated Feb 2017)

Buy

Eat
  • 🌍 The Bourtree, 22 Bourtree Place. daily 08:00 - 00:00, food until 22:00. Wetherspoon's pub with meals in the former Conservative Club built in 1897. (updated Jan 2017)
  • 🌍 Damascus Drum, 2 Silver St., ☎ +44 7707 856123. (updated Mar 2017)

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next
Routes through Hawick

Edinburgh ← Selkirk ←  N  S  → Carlisle


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