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The Black Swan Hotel Kelso is situated in the very heart of Kelso, close to the old town square, Moments from Racecourse and the Kelso Showground, it is also within easy reach to explore Scottish Borders and its Border towns.
All of our ensuite bedrooms ensure a consistent high level of comfort and design. Your stay with us at the Black Swan is very important to us and one where we are sure you will want to come back time after time. We pride ourselves on our friendly service and relaxed atmosphere.
Atmospheric Sports Bar
Enjoy a day in our relaxed and informal lounge, with our pool table and jukebox to keep you entertained. If live sports is more your taste then our public bar is perfect for watching any live tv.
Meeting & Functions
From private board meetings to celebrations, The Black Swan Hotel Kelso creates the perfect setting for your event. Whether you are planning a wedding, a conference or business event (capacity up to 30), our Chase Lounge includes free Wifi.
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This could be such a great place! So much potential!! For day time & night time...
Booked in for the Saturday night 21st Oct 23, had such a wonderful time in the bar with the amazing staff and locals, I decided to stay an other 2 nights, the owner is always on hand and his personality sets the mood for the whole place to be such a wonderful place to spend time getting to know the locals and enjoy a laugh together, the atmosphere is very friendly. The rooms are basically just what you need, tea coffee facilities and a couple lovely biscuits , tv on-suite bathroom bath and electric shower , comfortable double bed, all cleaned daily by a lovely lady. What more would you want at this price, I don’t have breakfasts in hotels, but other guests told me it was good value for money. I would definitely recommend the Black Swan and would stay here again for sure.
Perfect overnight stay, to explore Kelso. Comfortable bed and a warm shower, in a characterful hotel, right in the heart of the city. A very warm welcome at check in, with great sightseeing tips by the hotel owners too. If you’re traveling by bus, this is the most convenient place to stay, as the bus drops you off near the front of the hotel entrance, and the bus depot is just behind the hotel. It was an enjoyable stay, with all the essentials for a brief visit to this beautiful town. Highly recommended this hotel.
Good location right in the middle of Kelso, room was nice but lots of stairs no lift available. Could not get breakfast because we arrived after 9pm?
Had a great stay & made very welcome by the big Irish manager & day staff, even gave us a complementary run to the racecourse. Great pint of Guinness with friendly regulars. Rooms better than pictures online, very comfy & clean. Two negatives being bar stopped serving at 10.15? And girl wouldn’t serve us as she had “done her till” got annoyed by her accusation that we were aggressive which was not the case we were simply shocked that on a guys day away & as residents we were more or less told days finished, we left and went to the busy pub down the road. Apologies to girl but there certainly was no rudeness let alone aggression. Finally there was no chef to cook breakfast. I would definitely recommend the pub but would check bar closing time as I’ve still no idea why 10.15 is closing time unless it’s when regulars had left?
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4.2/5
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