Museums & Galleries · Scottish Borders
Borders Textile Towerhouse
📍 TD9 9EN
Photo: Victuallers (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- Border knitwear and tweed history in a restored towerhouse
- Garments, artefacts and photographs spanning 200 years of industry
- Changing exhibitions of contemporary fashion, design, art and craft
- Original barrel-vaulted room telling the building's turbulent history
- Tom Scott Room displays paintings by the Borders watercolourist
Borders Textile Towerhouse sits in a beautifully-restored 16th century towerhouse in Hawick, telling the story of Border knitwear and tweed through garments, artefacts and photographs spanning over 200 years of local woollen industry. You can explore the original barrel-vaulted room, see paintings in the Tom Scott Room, and browse changing exhibitions of contemporary fashion, design, art and craft, plus a shop selling textiles, crafts and gifts. It's a lively, hands-on museum suited to all ages, with lift access to every floor, accessible toilets and baby changing facilities, and craft workshops throughout the year. Entry is free. The nearest railway is Tweedbank station, 12.8 miles away, and there are 6 bookable places to stay within 5 miles on BritStays.
Practical details
- Open
- 10:00–16:00, April–October daily; November–March closed Tuesdays and Sundays
- Accessibility
- Lift access to all floors and an accessible toilet with baby changing
- Dogs
- Assistance dogs welcome
- Booking
- Free entry; donations welcomed to support the museum
- Best for
- Visitors of all ages, with hands-on craft workshops throughout the year
From the attraction's own website on 22 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
Facilities
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Disabled Access
- ✓ Baby Changing
- ✓ Gift Shop
- ✓ Guided Tours
- ✓ Indoor Areas
- ✓ Parking
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Make a proper break of it — these stays are all within 25 miles.
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Balcary House Hotel
✓ Victorian country house hotel in private grounds with views over Hawick
Hawick
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🗓️ Make a break of it
Turn a visit to Borders Textile Towerhouse into a proper getaway — ready-made plans, and the drive worked out with fuel, EV charging and the best stops.
🚆 Or come by train
- Tweedbank 12.8 miles
- Galashiels 13.6 miles
- Stow 18.9 miles
Straight-line distances · live departures on each station page