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Glenbank House Hotel

Castlegate, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, TD8 6BD
Telephone: 01835 862258

Thank you for visiting The Glenbank House Hotel website. We are situated in the attractive town of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders, an ideal situation to relax and unwind.

Resident proprietors: Pat & Liam Harkin.

Bed & breakfast per night:
from £44.00 single room
from £60.00 double room

Set in its own grounds with ample private car parking, guests can relax in one of the three en-suite double bedrooms or three en-suite family rooms which are comfortably furnished and equipped with central heating, television and tea/coffee making facilities.

We have a cosy well-stocked lounge bar with an extensive selection of malt whiskies. We offer an extensive wine list and have a large selection of liqueurs, spirits, beers and soft drinks.

Bar lunches and evening meals are served in our 30-seater a la carte restaurant. Sunday lunches and high teas our speciality. The menus are extensive and varied according to the fresh produce in season. Vegetarian meals are catered for with a selection of interesting dishes. Private functions, seminars, weddings and small parties catered for.

The Historic Royal Burgh of Jedburgh has one of the finest abbeys in Scotland.
Close by is Jedburgh Castle Jail and Mary Queen of Scots House with museum and gardens.
A short walk from the hotel is the Waterside Fitness Centre which has a 25m swimming pool, fully equipped fitness suite, steam room and sauna.

King David I founded the Augustinian priory on the banks of the Jed Water around 1138 to demonstrate to his own subjects, and to those in England that he could create a magnificent building in the southernmost part of his kingdom. Its position on the steeply sloping banks of the river, allowed the monks tocreate the huge cross-shaped plan of nave, presbytery and transepts in a prominent position while the cloister, chapter house, cellars and other accommodation could be built on lower levels, leaving the flowing arches of the nave to dominate the site.

Made from local stone, it took over 100 years to complete the abbey. In the same Century as it was completed, the abbey was badly damaged by King Edward I and his successors, who regarded destroying castles and abbeys as a method of demonstrating who was in charge.

Jedburgh Abbey is under the preservation of Historic Scotland, which offers an excellent visitor centre on site.

A short walk away from the 12th Century abbey and situated in a garden of pear trees, this house was visited by Mary in 1566. She had come to the Borders via Traquair House to preside at local courts and stayed for four weeks. Most of the time she spent recovering from her arduous ride to visit her future lover, the Earl of Bothwell at Hermitage Castle.

She was so exhausted that she caught a fever and nearly died from it. Later on, when held in captivity by Elizabeth I of England, she said "Would that I had died in Jedburgh..."

Today, the house is a popular museum and visitor centre. The compelling drama of her life, with its tragic climax is told in a series of rooms within the ancient house. The rooms contain tapestries, oil paintings, furniture, arms and armour and some of Mary's possessions.

For the keen golfer, a 9-hole course is on hand, plus a floodlit 300 yard driving range at Mounthooly. The Roxburghe championship course in only 8 miles away. A Freedom of the Fairways Golf Passport for five or three days gives access to 21 superb courses in the Scottish Borders, from which Jedburgh provides the ideal centre location.

Salmon and trout fishing is available from February to October as well as shooting and archery throughout the year.

Winning the Country Town Prize in the Bloom Awards, Jedburgh today offers an attractive setting to follow the town trail, take a riverside walk or browse among the shops in the colourful renovated buildings at Market Place and Canongate.Regular national hunt race meetings are held at nearby Kelso between October and May, and local riding stables are within easy driving distance, as are numerous Border castles and abbeys.
Mill shops and visitor centres selling top quality cashmere and lambswool garments produced in the Borders are all within easy reach offering exclusive brand names at factory prices.
Sample "Jethart Snails" a local brown mint-flavoured boiled sweet, said to have been introduced by Napoleonic prisoners of war held in the town.

The historic Floors Castle by Kelso.

The Glenbank House Hotel is approached from the A68 Carter Bar by turning left at the abbey opposite church and Waterside Fitness Centre. Follow Abbey Road to the junction then turn left up Castlegate and the entrance to the hotel is on your right 150 yards up the hill. Entering from Edinburgh/Kelso A68 turn first right into High Street or second right at Canongate and then turn left at junction.

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