Various signposted trails of varying lengths cross the farm — some along tracks, others out through the fields or past a pond. Take your pick:
Dogs welcome on a lead. Trails are limited during lambing, but Lucy will always point you to one that’s open.
Nine ponds dug across the farm feed clean water into the Jed Water and pull in wildlife; buzzards, lapwings. Sit in the hide and watch, or do as Lucy suggests: Find a pond, sit, and stay a while for some peace and tranquillity.
The soaring ruins of a 12th-century Augustinian abbey, right in the heart of town.
The fortified house where Mary stayed in 1566 — free to enter, with an audio guide.
A 19th-century reform prison turned museum, with views across Jedburgh.
Melrose’s famous abbey and Sir Walter Scott’s storybook home on the Tweed.
Scotland’s largest inhabited castle, with grand grounds above the Tweed.
The most peaceful of the Borders abbeys, and Sir Walter Scott’s resting place.
Woodland and riverside trails, a big play park and a café — an easy family day out.
The Scotland–England border on the A68, with sweeping views to the Cheviot Hills.
A hilltop monument on Peniel Heugh — a roughly two-hour circular from Harestanes.
A 424m hill and former Roman signal station with views in every direction.
A long-distance trail linking Jedburgh, Hawick, Selkirk, Melrose and Kelso.
Classic Borders walking, from Harestanes to Kirk Yetholm and the Eildon Hills.
Castle, Old Town closes, free national museums and galleries, and the famous summer festivals — about 1½ hours by car.
Wide sandy beaches, clifftop castles at Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh, puffins on the Farne Islands, and the causeway across to Holy Island.
There’s more than enough to fill a week — a farm walk before breakfast, an abbey or a castle in the afternoon, a different Borders town each evening. Stuck for ideas? Ask Lucy — she’s never far away and always happy to point you to the good bits.