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Central in the UK Melrose might not be, but with guests comming from France, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Cornwall, we needed somewhere that was well served by transport routes.

You will see from the orientation map below that Melrose is between Edinburgh and Newcastle, it actually takes about the same time from each, especially from the airports, because Edinburgh Airport is north of the city and you have to come around the bypass, where as Newcastle airport is norrth of the city and there is a direct route to Melrose.
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Via train you will need to get to Berwick-upon-Tweed from which Virgin Trains & GNER run a bus to Melrose.
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And finally for those of you travelling by road Melrose is just off of the A7 and the A68 which run south from the Edinburgh bypass (A720) and the North of England.


Distances by road:

London
350 miles,   7 hrs 45 mins

Oxford
330 miles,   6hrs 50 mins

Cambridge
300 miles,   6hrs 30 mins

Banchory
155 miles,   3hrs 45 mins

Edinburgh
38 miles,   1hrs 10 mins

Newcastle
69 miles,   1hrs 50 mins

Map of Borders

Trains:

There are no trains to Melrose, the nearest mainline station being Berwick-upon-Tweed from which a train is available to Melrose.

From Edinburgh

EDINBURGH 14:00 16:00 19:00 Train, GNER
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED 14:41 15:07 16:45 17:47 19:47 20:22 Bus, VIRGIN TRAINS
MELROSE 16:40 19:10 21:45

MELROSE 15:05 16:50 18:45 Bus, VIRGIN TRAINS
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED 16:28 16:40 18:28 18:35 20:23 20:50 Train, GNER
EDINBURGH 18:25 20:20 22:35

£23.80 saver return, £28.90 standard open return


From London

LONDON KINGS CROSS 11:00 14:00 16:00 Train, GNER
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED 14:37 15:07 17:36 17:47 19:39 20:22 Bus, VIRGIN TRAINS
MELROSE 16:40 19:10 21:45  

MELROSE 11:05 12:50 15:05 Bus, VIRGIN TRAINS
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED 12:28 12:55 14:28 15:35 16:28 17:35 Train, GNER
Newcastle/ Durham/York 14:40 15:00 (Newcastle) 14:28 15:35 (Durham) 19:22 19:31 (York) Train, GNER
LONDON KINGS CROSS 18:29 20:07 22:06  

£97.30 saver return

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Flights:

We have reproduced some flight times on some routes from the major airlines (these are examples for flights leaving on Friday 10th February and returning on Sunday 12th). You may also be able to get good deals through the budget airlines or try this cheap flight checker website www.moneysavingexpert.com/flightchecker (bookmark the link for your next holiday or short break!!)

BRITISH AIRWAYS
From London Heathrow to Edinburgh

Heathrow 15:05 16:00 17:10 18:10 19:20 20:45 21:00
Edinburgh 16:25 17:20 18:30 19:30 20:45 22:05 22:20
  BA 1448 BA 1452 BA 1454 BA 1458 BA 1462 BA 1464  

Edinburgh 13:15 14:35 16:05 17:00 18:00 19:15 20:20
Heathrow 14:35 15:55 17:25 18:20 19:20 20:40 21:45
BA 1445 BA 1449 BA 1453 BA 1455 BA 1459 BA 1463 BA 1465

From £ 18.00 + £ 46.20 taxes = £ 64.20

 

BRITISH AIRWAYS
From London Gatwick to Edinburgh

Gatwick 15:30 18:10 19:45
Edinburgh 16:55 19:35 21:10
BA2940 BA2942 BA2946

Edinburgh 14:20 17:30 20:05
Gatwick 15:40 19:00 21:25
BA2937 BA2941 BA2943

From £ 35.00 + £ 44.10 taxes = £ 79.10

 

BRITISH AIRWAYS
From London Heathrow to Newcastle

Heathrow 12:45 14:30 15:50 17:25 20:00
Newcastle 13:50 15:40 17:00 18:35 21:10
  BA1332 BA1328 BA1334 BA1336 BA1338

Newcastle 12:05 15:40 16:50 17:45 19:40
Heathrow 13:20 16:50 18:05 18:55 20:55
  BA1327 BA1333 BA1329 BA1335 BA1337

From £ 39.00 + £ 45.60 taxes = £ 84.60

 

BRITISH AIRWAYS
From London Gatwick to Newcastle

Gatwick 12:00 15:50 20:20
Newcastle 13:15 16:45 21:30
  BA8075 BA8077 BA8079

Newcastle 13:45 18:30
Gatwick 15:00 19:45
  BA8076 BA8078

From £ 49.00 + £ 43.50 taxes = £ 92.50

 

BRITISH AIRWAYS
From Bristol to Edinburgh

Bristol 07:10 12:20 14:15 18:00 19:50
Edinburgh 08:30 13:35 15:30 19:15 21:05
  BA4032 BA4036 BA4034 BA4040 BA4042

Edinburgh 14:10 16:05 19:45
Bristol 15:25 17:20 21:00
  BA4039 BA4035 BA4041

From £ 22.00 + £ 36.90 taxes = £ 58.90

 

BMI
From London Heathrow to Edinburgh

Heathrow 14:05 16:20 18:35 20:45
Edinburgh 15:30 17:45 20:00 22:05
  BD 058 BD 060 BD 062 BD 064

Edinburgh 14:55 16:20 18:30 20:50
Heathrow 16:20 17:45 19:55 22:10
  BD 059 BD 061 BD 063 BD 065

From £50.00 + £ 46.20 taxes = £ 94.20

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