4 routes
Scottish Borders
Explore Scottish Borders with curated guides of the best hiking trails, and more. With over 13 3D trail maps in FATMAP, you can easily discover and navigate the best trails in Scottish Borders.
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Destinations in Scottish Borders
Routes in Scottish Borders
Pennine Way Days 15 & 16 - Byrness to Kirk Yetholm
The wonders of the Cheviot Hills reveal themselves over 2 glorious days
Difficult Hiking
- Distance
- 44 km
- Ascent
- 1.6 km
- Descent
- 1.7 km
East Cairn Hill (567m) and Mount Maw (534m) circuit, West Linton
Explore the Western Pentlands with a rather boggy, but beautiful ridge walk providing fantastic views!
Moderate Hiking
- Distance
- 14 km
- Ascent
- 553 m
- Descent
- 553 m
Scottish National Trail: Peebles to West Linton
Follow gravel roads and grassy tracks alongside stone walls and wood fences, through farmland and rolling moorland, then into historic West Linton with its charming brick buildings and clock tower.
Moderate Hiking
- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 573 m
- Descent
- 499 m
Scottish National Trail: Kirk Yetholm to Harestanes
Warm the legs with a climb up aptly-named Wideopen Hill, then continue through surrounding towns and farmlands, passing one old castle, and bridging River Teviot near Monteviot House.
Moderate Hiking
- Distance
- 29 km
- Ascent
- 688 m
- Descent
- 737 m
Scottish National Trail: Traquair to Peebles
Rejoin the River Tweed and follow it through a valley of verdant pastures between wooded hills.
Easy Hiking
- Distance
- 12 km
- Ascent
- 183 m
- Descent
- 181 m
Scottish National Trail: Melrose to Traquair
Leave town roads in the valley for tracks through hilly moorland and forest with abundant elevated viewpoints.
Moderate Hiking
- Distance
- 30 km
- Ascent
- 975 m
- Descent
- 912 m
Scottish National Trail: Harestanes to Melrose
Follow an Old Roman Road, then paths along the meandering River Tweed and through St Boswells village, then between the Eildon Hills to finish near the stately Melrose Abbey.
Moderate Hiking
- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 526 m
- Descent
- 497 m
Scottish National Trail
A superb long distance trek from the Lowlands to the Highlands, across the country of Scotland.
Difficult Hiking
- Distance
- 871 km
- Ascent
- 12 km
- Descent
- 12 km
Guidebooks in Scottish Borders
9 routes · Hiking
10 Spectacular Hikes in the UK
3 routes · Hiking
Scenic Strolls in Edinbrugh's Pentland Hills
15 routes · Hiking