Melrose Gibson Park Club Campsite

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Great location

This unique site is in such a great location. Upmarket Melrose has all the shops, and restaurants just a 2 minute walk away. There is even a supermarket at the entrance. Lovely staff who work hard to keep it in such pristine order. Will be back for sure. Lovely part of Scotland.

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Terry from Kent

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Reviewed on 14/11/2017 20:04

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Back again

Our last visit was in 2013. Thankfully not a great deal has changed. Lovely walks either side of the Tweed and town with ruined Abbey right on your doorstep. Positive changes for us are the railway station at Tweedbank giving us a great day out in Edinburgh (£11.30) return and a excellent Indian takeaway Indian takeaway. Every time we have visited , on Saturday there has been a rugby match on the pitch opposite the site. We watched an entertaining Melrose v Berwick under 18's game (resounding Scottish victory). However the main advantage is the tranquillity of this site. We will return.

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Bousa

Reviewed on 14/11/2017 19:25

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Location - excellent

The wardens who look after this small site run a tight ship ensuring the club rules are followed to the letter. That's not a veiled criticism as the facilities on site are immaculate (toilet block kept super warm now the cold has set in) and given the site is right in the middle of this lovely, small, affluent town I think it's to the wardens' credit that the locals are very so friendly and welcoming. There are cafes galore, quality gift shops, bakeries, fishmonger, butcher and an excellent Coop literally on the site's doorstep. The Abbey and it's museum are well worth the £6 entrance fee and there are lovely walks around this historic little town plus excellent bus services to nearby towns. We regretted we didn't have our bikes as the roads appeared safe and there were plenty of signs for cycle routes. All in all we enjoyed a lovely 3 night stay.

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GJac

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Reviewed on 10/11/2017 14:14

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Beautiful Autumn break in excellent location

We spent three nights at Melrose Gibson and were greeted with a superbly located site, close to the lovely town of Melrose. The site is extremely well kept, with immaculate toilets/showers. Pitiches are spacious. The wardens are so helpful and we throughly enjoyed our stay. The closeness to all the facilities during the autumn/winter months is superb as you can retreat to the high street in foul weather. Although during our stay we had some fantastic weather and had beautiful walks along the river and around the town and surrounding area. The views were especially lovely with all the trees in vidid shades of orange and red! We would certainly recommend a stay at this lovely site and look forward to returning if we are in the area again.

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roosranger

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Reviewed on 07/11/2017 18:02

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Central and convenient site.

Just spent a few days at this site, right in the centre of Melrose, just off the high street, a nice little co op at the entrance and easy to walk to all the shops, abbey, train station and surrounding areas. Facilities were clean and warm. Reception very helpful. Small dog walk where they can safely be let off the lead. Well worth a visit, we will be returning sometime. The surrounding area is beautiful this time of year and the scenery is fantastic.

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sandram9898

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Reviewed on 07/11/2017 16:14

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Revisit after 17yearsa

A very pleasant site handy for visiting the Borders area. Several large supermarkets within a few miles so no problems restocking. A couple of handy stores in town within a few minutes walk. Not too far to the east coast (St. Abbs, Eyemouth and Berwick on Tweed) worth visiting if you like peace and quiet! As usual the facilities are clean and well maintained.

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rapwakefield

Reviewed on 18/10/2017 09:15

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Lovely site near town

We had 3 nights at this site on on way up to the Highlands and it was one of those sites of which you say I wish we were there longer, we would certainly go back. Lovely wardens, lovely well kept site and so handy for the town, just 5 mins stroll away with some great shops, butchers, bakeries cafe's, restaurants and bars. If you like history then there's the Abbey and the Trimontium Roman museum. We like walking and were spoit for choice, some nice walks down by the river and then there is the Eildon Walk which is well worth the effort for the fabulous views back over the town and a 360 degree vista on a clear day. We were sad to leave and will definitely go back on our next adventure north.

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Swifty 123

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Reviewed on 24/09/2017 21:07

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Lovely Site

We stopped here for a night while touring Scotland. Lovely little site in a small town with lots of great independent shops and restaurants. Toilet block a little dated and maybe would benefit from a refurb however it was kept really clean by the friendly wardens.

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AUGUST 2017

Recently returned from 5 night stay on this site, being near the centre of the town everything is in walking distance with a Co-op just off the site. There are a number of attractive Cafes and other places to eat in the town. The NTS gardens in the town are worth a visit as is the ruined abbey. Edinburgh is not far away and using the Park and Ride you can be in the centre in about an hour and a quarter or alternatively the train goes from Tweedbank. Abbotsford House nearby is very interesting with a number of walks starting from the grounds. Many thanks to the wardens who provided a trailer board to allow me to test a new towing socket. Certainly will return here to explore the area more in the future.

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MikeBentley2

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Reviewed on 11/09/2017 20:24

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Nice site but noisy

We stayed here the week before August bank holiday and the Scottish schools had returned. The site is very close to a school and tennis courts so is quite noisy. Tennis can go on until 11pm as its floodlit. We were on a serviced pitch next to the toilet block so quite close to the courts. There is a reasonable sized coop at the entrance to the site which is handy. The dog walk on site isn't really used as you are only a short walk from the river which is lovely. We were often queuing for the showers which I have never had before on a club site, but there was only four and with a lot of club toilet blocks were dated. The wifi was supposed to be good but was terrible. I appreciate the site is full but the club should anticipate that especially given its £50 a year for wifi for the two of us. Half the time you couldn't even log on. In summary if you want a site where you can walk into town then it's fine, but expect noise, shower queues and terrible wifi

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janhsmn

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Reviewed on 29/08/2017 17:39

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