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Famously Hawick

What Famously Hawick stands for…….

Updated: Oct 17


F is for Fashion


Discover what Fashion houses and discerning visitors have known for more than a century. Perfecting the art of designing and producing knitwear garments like no other.






A is for All


Nowhere else will you find such a wide range of premium Scottish products All made in the same town.


Five premium Scottish producers. One famous Scottish town.




M is for Manufacturing


Hawick has a famous Manufacturing heritage and an international reputation for producing quality goods.





O is for Oldest


William Lockie is one of the Oldest family run luxury knitwear businesses in the Borders and Hawico of Scotland, has been producing luxury cashmere knitwear from its Trinity Mills in Hawick for 150 years.





U is for Unique

This Unique collection of weavers, knitters and distillers had the vision to work together to create a unique visitor experience that is based around the town’s manufacturing heritage and the luxury products that these five Scottish brands are famous for.





S is for Sustainable


From their use of natural and ethically sourced fibres and commitment to recycling and renewables to local barley to bottle spirits.


Made here. Sold here. Sustainable.



L is for Luxurious


For the finest collection of premium Scottish products, there’s only one town to visit. Source Luxurious goods in the very place they were created.





Y is for Year round


Famously Hawick isn’t a heritage project or museum. This is a living, breathing, manufacturing town which produces premium Scottish products, all year round.







H is for Home


Proud to be the ‘Home of Tweed’, Lovat Mill continues to tell the story of Tweed in its birthplace and produces the largest collection of stocked Tweeds in Scotland.




A is for Amazing


Be guided by the distillers on a fascinating Borders Distillery Tour and enjoy a fully immersive guided experience on the Johnstons of Elgin Mill Tour. Both 5 Star and both Amazing.







W is for Whisky

The first Whisky distillery to open in the Scottish Borders since 1837. The Borders Distillery is dedicated to capturing the true spirit of the Borders.









I is for Independent


The Borders Distillery. Hawico of Scotland. Johnstons of Elgin. William Lockie. Lovat Mill. Five Independent manufacturers and famous Scottish brands who manufacture their premium products here in Hawick.








C is for Cashmere


Hawick is home to some of the leading Cashmere brands in the world today. There is no other material quite like it. Using only the very finest cashmere yarns, harvested in an ecologically sustainably manner without harm to the cashmere goats who provide this amazing material.




K is for Knitwear


Johnstons of Elgin knit all their jumpers, gloves, hats, scarves and socks in their Eastfield Mill building in Hawick. Whilst you can watch seamless garments being knitted at Hawico of Scotland and ‘Lockies’ are renowned for producing some of the softest, finest and most luxurious Knitwear in the world.

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