Melrose Abbey

Great place to visit when you are around! Full of history, to visit Melrose abbey (well walk around) you’ll be charged £3,80 per person, but you will have access to the places and museum. Really nice and historical spot. Check it out if you are around. City is pretty small, but there is really nice cafe I’d recommend to visit “apples for jam”

Great place to spend a couple of hrs. Unfortunately we could only visit the museum and the grounds due to the ongoing renovation but still worth a visit on a sunny day. We had a little walk about then settled in a tucked-away corner bench for a picnic and also played a round of Snakes and Ladders.

This was a truly magnificent Cathedral A bit disappointing as it is in a poor state of repair scaffolding is surrounding the structure and it is most likely it will be there for some time. The museum adjacent to the cathedral has some interesting artefacts. If in the area one would visit as one strolls round the beautiful town of Melrose .

Melrose is a fantastic place. The Abbey is outstanding. The weather was fantastic for September. Almost had the place to ourselves. Some work is being carried out, and scaffolding is up in place.

The Abbey had scaffolding up so we didn’t get the full experience unfortunately. Reasonably priced and well maintained. Clean toilets and a lovely museum adjacent to the Abbey. Nice small shop too. We spent a lovely hour or so here.

Unfortunately, safety measures are in progress so the interior cannot be visited... that's why you pay half the price...But beautiful and well maintained..top sanitary facilities....highly recommended

Please come when the weather is nice! The medieval building is just iconic and with a sacred atmosphere. Though the garden is not very big, but it’s good enough for a proper walk inside and also the places nearby. The architecture is also incredible, you can have a good time there and have beautiful pictures and memories. Make sure you imagine yourself living in the old time and pretend you are having the religious service and exercise as the monks in the past. Lots of fun.

An excellent, very large abbey to visit. Unfortunately when we visited in November, like other abbeys in the area, it was fenced off for safety reasons due to restoration work. However the grounds were still open so we were able to walk around the exterior to view it. There were information boards dotted around, and on the fencing there were QR codes to scan which linked to articles, photographs and videos online. An excellent feature. The site was fully accessible so we were still able to browse round with a wheelchair (apart from some very muddy small slopes).

Visited April 2015: "Border town attraction" We didn't think we were going to spend a great deal of time at Melrose Abbey, due to it being a ruin but there was more to do then our first glance. For one, we were able to walk up a very narrow staircase, to the top of the church. You were able to see the entire village, and not feel overwhelmed by the height. Robert Bruce's heart is buried there. We were not provided or offered an audio guide

As Scottish church ruins go, Melrose Abbey is top of the line! Much more interesting and scenic than St. Andrews Cathedral for what it actually is TODAY - not for what it once was. Great photo opportunity, too. See my photos for reference. This attraction is included in many 1-day coach tours that start off from Edinburgh (mine was by The Highland Experience Tours). Is it worth the trip from Edinburgh on your own (by bus or train)? Well, not really, as you won't spend more than 1 hour max exploring the grounds of Melrose Abbey. And the village of Melrose itself, let's just say that it's a sleepy little hovel between someplace A and nowhere B. But as part of such an organized coach trip, it's well worth your time. The entrance is moderate (5.50 - minus 11% if you're in a group), you can take as many pictures as you'd like. What distinguishes Melrose Abbey from, say, St. Andrews Cathedral, is that a large part of the once mighty construction has survived! So there's actually something to see other than just bricks on the ground that indicate former walls and towers. What's left is enough to let you feel the actual impact the original abbey must have made on visitors. Included in the ticket price is an audio guide. You'll get it when entering through the shop, which is also the ticket office. Since just a couple of clerks are responsible for BOTH shop and tickets you'll find that the simultaneous arrival of two or more bus groups, which is not uncommon, mixed with people who want to get out and buy books or less useful items in the shop, will create an *interesting* situation. Well, that's that particular brand of British efficiency.

Melrose Abbey is an Historic Scotland property so if you are a member it's free entry to a piece of Scotland past for you to wander around, if you aren't a member then it's £5.50 per person entry fee to wander around the ruins of a gothic style church and entry to a museum charting the history of the abbey. You can easily spend an hour going around the site and if you are happy with tight spaces and heights then you can venture onto the roof viewpoint that gives you a view around the borders. Unfortunately I am not good with heights and my partner isn't good with tight spaces so we couldn;t take this opportunity.

I loved my visit here with my husband during our honeymoon. I found the audio guide to be very well made as I was able to follow it from room to room. I learned so much about the abbey and found the monk's daily routine to be extermely interesting. Even though it was cold and a little rainy, hubby and I really enjoyed our visit. Side note: When we first walked into the abbey, I got really annoyed that everyone was on their cell phones! but up close, I realized that it was the audio guide! DOH, I joined them quickly.