Philiphaugh Estate & Salmon Viewing Centre

Wildlife sightings
Wild Scotland Charter

The Philiphaugh Salmon Viewing Centre opened in 2005. The centre is a pioneering new visitor attraction that offers a unique fish's-eye-view of the underwater world of the atlantic salmon using live underwater camera footage and archive footage from the previous months. Children love the interactive displays which are both educational and fun. There are video games, crawling spaces where they can pretend to be a salmon fry, a life size salmon bean bag and colourful images and text to enhance their experience. A short walk from the centre brings you to the Cauld where you can spot mature salmon literally leaping out of the water, as they make their way back up stream to sporn. Best time to see salmon leaping - August - November The 'Waterwheel' restaurant (10.00 am-4.00 pm, Closed on Mondays) offers a wide range of delicious home made meals, snacks and refreshments. The working walled garden is open all year for seasonal vegatables and fruits, plus bedding plants, hanging baskets and house plants. Philiphaugh Estate has a wide range of walks to suite all the family - riverside, mature woodland and heath. We have an abundance of wildlife that shouldn't be too hard to spot if you are quiet. You'll find: otters, badgers, roe deer, red squirrel, foxes, adders, kingfishers, heron, eagle owls, weasels, bats, hares and woodpeckers, to name just a few! Our fascinating ,fully restored water wheel can be seen daily beside the sawmill. Children love collecting the images from the Brass Rubbing Trail - pick up a crayon and paper from the Salmon Centre and see how many you can find.... Philiphaugh Estate Open 7 days, free parking.

Address: Philiphaugh Estate Office
Philiphaugh
Selkirk, TD7 5LX

Telephone: 01750 21766

Email: mss@philiphaugh.com

Website: www.salmonviewingcentre.com

Facilities:
Icon Descriptions Open all year round