The Plough Hotel,occupying a prominent site in the centre of picturesque Town Yetholm, seven miles south of Kelso (B6352), offers comfortable accommodation and a congenial atmosphere. The hotel's situation makes it the natural centre of social life in the village with a log fire, real ale and home cooking.

The five bedrooms have all recently been upgraded to a high standard under the personal supervision of the proprietors Andrew and Diane Hay.

The Plough, in common with many of the cottages in the historic centre of Town Yetholm, is officially listed and protected as a building of architectural importance. The present main building is late 18th century to early 19th century, remodelled and extended late 19th to early 20th centry. However, history suggests there is every likelihood of an earlier inn on this site long before the 18th century.

One documentary source (circa 1860) describes the Plough as "a nice respectable country Inn and the first house of entertainment in Town Yetholm, where there is good accommodation for travellers and suitable stabling for horses." Nowadays, car parking for guests is in front of the hotel building, off the road side.

The Plough, which stands within one mile of the Scottish-English border, is a natural destination for many families exploring the "B" roads south of Kelso The Bowmount Water seperates the two villages of Town Yetholm and Kirk Yetholm, both of which are surrounded by beautiful countryside in which the majestic Cheviot Hills are prominent.

The area is popular with walkers since it is on the 80 mile St Cuthberts Way , which links Melrose and Lindisfarne, Holy Island: and is also at the norhtern end of the 250-mile Pennine Way, between Edale (Derbyshire) and Kirk Yetholm. In 1999 Yetholm also became the terminus of an ambitious European footpath, the E2 which will extend in due course across mainland Europe.

Looking for somewhere more "in the town" why not try our sister hotel The Castle Hotel, Coldstream

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