Editing Peebles (section)

==Facilities==
[[File:Peebles-from south.jpg|thumb|right|Peebles overview from Cademuir Hill, the Hydro Hotel can be seen on the right]]

In 2014 Creative Scotland named Peebles the most creative place of its size in Scotland, presenting the town with a Creative Place Award and £100,000 to enhance arts events, festivals, and arts commissions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peebles Creative Place 2014 |url=http://peeblescreativeplace2014.com}}</ref> Most arts performances take place in the Eastgate Theatre on the High Street which has a year-round programme of music, drama, dance, talks, and classes for children and adults. The town also has four major annual festivals – the Beltane Festival, Peebles Arts Festival, Tweedlove Bike Festival, and Imaginarium.

Peebles is a popular centre for walkers, cyclists, and horse riders. It is the eastern terminus of the [[John Buchan Way]], a {{convert|22|km|mi|adj=on}} walking route which runs between Peebles and [[Broughton, Scottish Borders|Broughton]]. The [[Cross Borders Drove Road]], an {{convert|82|km|mi|adj=on}} route between [[Hawick]] and Little Vantage, also passes through the town.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Buchan Way |url=https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/directory_record/7472/john_buchan_way |website=Scottish Borders Council |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cross Border Routes |url=http://southofscotlandcountrysidetrails.co.uk/centraltweeddale.php |website=South of Scotland Countryside Trails |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref>

The town is home to two long-established Scottish senior sporting clubs. [[Peebles Rovers F.C.]] provides Peebles with a senior Football team in the [[East of Scotland Football League]], meanwhile [[Peebles RFC]] currently represent the town in [[Scottish National League Division Two]] in the Scottish Rugby pyramid system.

Peebles has an 18-hole golf course located at the upper end of Kirkland Street. The golf club was formerly owned and run by the local council before being taken over and run by its own members.

Peebles has three primary schools: Kingsland (now relocated to Neidpath Road from its original position on Rosetta Road), Priorsford, and the [[Roman Catholic]] Halyrude Primary School (now relocated from Elcho Street to the former Kingsland primary school building on Rosetta road<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-09-14 |title=Halyrude Primary in Peebles upgrade officially opened |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-14916418 |access-date=2024-02-12 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>). Peebles also has the largest secondary school in the Borders, [[Peebles High School (Peeblesshire)|Peebles High School]], which is attended by pupils from all over Tweeddale.

In 2005, a study by the [[New Economics Foundation]] ranked Peebles as the best town in Scotland (second best in the UK, after [[Hebden Bridge]] in [[Yorkshire]]) for a range of independent shops and 'home town identity'.<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite news |last=Carvel |first=John |date=6 June 2005 |title=Retail chains 'cloning' UK towns |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/jun/06/money.shopping |access-date=16 November 2011}}</ref>

The local health facility is [[Hay Lodge Hospital]] in Neidpath Road.<ref name="hh">{{Cite web |title=Hawick Community Hospital |date=26 April 2015 |url=https://historic-hospitals.com/gazetteer/scottish-borders/ |access-date=5 February 2020 |publisher=Historic Hospitals}}</ref>