This sturdy tower house in the town centre has been redeveloped and is now home to the Tourist Office; on the upper floors are lively exhibits illustrating its development from a 16C tower house to a refined 18C residence, an inn in the 19C and a hot..

The "Horse" as it is known locally, commemorates the Hornshole victory in 1514 when Hawick's inhabitants avenged their soldiers who had died in the Battle of Flodden the year before, when the English massacred the Scots. During the commemor..

A manor house in a public park, now a local museum showing Hawick knitting, the town in days gone by with the Common Riding ceremonies and the region's natural history.

This flattened mound, once the site of a palisaded Norman fort, was definitely man-made. Nowadays this is where sunrise is celebrated on Common Riding Saturday.