Allermuir Hill (493m) and Swanston
A brief drive from the city offers a short walk but big views!
Moderate Hiking
- Distance
- 6.1 km
- Ascent
- 401 m
- Descent
- 401 m
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A brief drive from the city offers a short walk but big views!
Moderate Hiking
Summit Edinburgh's most famous landmark and explore its finest park!
Difficult Hiking
Continue along the completely flat towpath of the Union Canal through small waterfront communities, across an aqueduct over a river gorge, and among some sizeable shale pilings.
Easy Hiking
Take the Union Canal Towpath through a mosaic of infrastructure and greenery in the suburbs of Edinburgh, then into agricultural scenery around Ratho.
Easy Hiking
Follow a converted railway along the tree-lined Water of Leith, past some old mills and waterworks, into the outskirts of Edinburgh.
Easy Hiking
Pass through fields and the tiny village of Carlops, then ascend a grassy glen with groves of pine into heather moorland of the Pentland Hills, and down the other side into boggy farmland.
Moderate Hiking
3 routes · Hiking