1514-2014 "Heritage"

Five hundred years of Scottish Borders history crammed into one space - it's the sort of exhibition that makes you realise how much happened in Hawick while you were worrying about London. The 1514-2014 Heritage gallery covers exactly what you'd expect from that span: the textile industry that built the town, the raiding and fighting that shaped the region, and the people who stuck around through boom and bust.

You're looking at artefacts, photographs, and the kind of local detail that only matters once you're actually standing there. It's not the Louvre. But if you're based at Stouslie Snugs - those rather nice farm glamping spots just outside town - it's an hour well spent on a grey afternoon, and considerably better than sitting in the caravan reading old magazines.

The gallery works best for anyone with even passing interest in textile heritage or border history. Kids might find it a bit dry unless they're already museum-inclined, though the visual stuff breaks up the reading nicely. Adults who care about how places got to be what they are will get more from it.

Hawick itself is the sort of town where the museum matters because it explains why the place looks and feels the way it does. Your holiday park base means you're close enough to pop in without making a proper trip of it, which is honestly the best way to approach it.