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Postcode: ML12 | code search
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Tinto House Hotel
"Good Points: Friendliness - I used to stay here many times, and have to say it had gone downhill through former ownerships, now back to how I remembered it.
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Tinto House Hotel
"An absolutely wonderful stay amongst very friendly and attentive staff. The food was excellent served in this beautiful olde world charming hotel. The room was fresh and immaculate. Looking ..." More
Tinto House Hotel
"Good Points: The staff were very friendly and organised
Bad Points: The room was very basic and dated. The blankets on top of the bed sheets had several tears in ..." More
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Events in Symington | 10 Places to Stay
Symington is a small tranquil village in upper Clydesdale in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated in the Borderlands 3 miles south-west of Biggar.
The village was developed c1860 at a railway junction; although the railway closed in 1966 the village remains a popular tourist resort surrounded by beautiful scenery and wildlife. Symington lies close to Tinto Hill standing at 2320ft high on the northern bank of the upper reaches of the River Clyde with the Culter Hills standing to the south and south-east.
The village has shops and amenities, a hotel, self-catering accommodation and places to eat nearby. Symington is ideally located for walkers, cyclists, anglers and nature-watchers.
Historically interesting features include the Norman Coutler Motte; an early medieval castle mound which dates from the 11th century and the remains of the medieval Tinnis Castle built within an Iron Age fort situated on a rocky knoll overlooking the Tweed.
Attractions include the New Lanark World Heritage site, a 4-star visitor attraction with water-powered mill, the Gladstone Court Museum with a recreation of a Victorian street and the Greenhill Covenanters House Museum which details the troubled times of the signing of the National Covenant.
Nearby is the spectacular Falls of Clyde with wildlife reserve and visitor centre and the Clyde Valley National Nature Reserve which features gorge woodland.
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Tinto House Hotel
(0.75 miles)
At the foot of Tinto Hill in the Scottish borders lies the Swallow Tinto Hotel established in 1914. This is a perfect base from which to discover the many delights of Scotland. Both Glasgow and ... more
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Cornhill House
(1.45 miles)
One of Scotland's more unusual and elegant mansion houses, William Lieper's French Renaissance Period Chateau has undergone sensitive and tasteful restoration and conversion to a quality country hotel in Lanarkshire, offering the traveller a peaceful ... more
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Shieldhill Castle Hotel
(3.25 miles)
Shieldhill is a country house hotel dating back in parts to 1199, with peaceful views over the rolling Scottish countryside of South Lanarkshire. There are sixteen individually-styled bedrooms, some with four-poster beds and en-suite ...
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Carmichael Country Cottages
(4.44 miles)
Two hundred year old stone cottages on unique 'single family owned and operated for a millennium' heritage estate. Source of the name and clan lands of the Carmichaels.
Attractive Southern Scotland location, close to M74 and ...
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Walston Mansions Farmhouse
(7.39 miles)
Walston Mansion Farmhouse was built in 1803, all around this wonderful farmhouse sourounded by Nature and Natural Beauty.
The house offers comfortable accommodation with central heating throughout and a log fire in the guest lounge.
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Days Inn Abington M74
(7.56 miles)
Free wi-fi facilities when you book this hotel.
ALL ROOMS NOW OFFER BROADBAND WIFI......located 1/2 mile of the M74. The hotel is set in picturesque countryside with scenic hill side views from nearly all bedrooms.As with ...
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Abington Hotel
(8.28 miles)
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Less than a mile from junction 13 of the M74, this hotel is easy to find and features free Wi-Fi internet access throughout, and ample free parking.
This friendly, family-run hotel is ... more
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New Lanark Mill Hotel
(8.39 miles)
The New Lanark Mill Hotel is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site. The hotel has spacious en suite rooms, a restaurant, bar and swimming pool.
New Lanark is a small 18th century village, designed as a ...
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Cartland Bridge Country House Hotel
(9.21 miles)
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Set in its own private grounds, surrounded by the stunning Lanark countryside, the hotel has recently undergone a refurbished all our bedrooms, to a very high standard, and you can ... more
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Holmlands Country House
(9.49 miles)
Verena and Graham would like to welcome you to a 4 Star oasis of peace just off the M74 in South Lanarkshire. We are situated in a quiet rural location convenient for visiting Scottish Borders, ...
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