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Extract from the Peebles Travel Guides:
Fast, wide, tree-lined and fringed with grassy banks, the Tweed looks at its best at
PEEBLES
, a handsome royal burgh that sits on the north bank, about fifteen miles northwest of Selkirk. The town itself has a genteel, relaxed air, its wide, handsome High Street bordered by houses in a medley of architectural styles, mostly dating from Victorian times, and ending in the soaring crown spire of the
Old Parish Church
at the western end. Halfway down the High Street is the
Tweedale Museum & Gallery
(Mon-Fri 10am-noon & 2-5pm, Sat 10am-1pm, Sun 2-4pm; Nov-March closed Sat & Sun; free), house... read the whole Peebles Travel Guides...
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