Dryburgh Abbey and the River Tweed, St Boswells
Rating out of 5: 4 Source: Walkhighlands and Robbie Porteous – The Scottish Borders 40 favourite walks (St Boswells and the Tweed) combined them to …
Vertish Hill, Hawick
Rating out of 5: 3.75 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: Once you have overcome the hard and steep first bit of the route, walking alongside the street …
Cardrona Tower
Location: Cardrona Forest near Peebles, Scottish Borders, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of castle: 16th-century peel tower, L-shapedtoday: ruin, accessible to see from the outside, great care …
Heip Hill and the Teviot, Hawick
Rating out of 5: 3 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: This route somehow has me a bit torn, for one it had some lovely views and especially …
Caisteal Maol, Isle of Skye
Location: near Kyleakin, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highlands of Scotlandkind of castle: 15th-century fortress with a rectangular keeptoday: ruined condition, can be explored by …
Moxy Edinburgh Airport
Rating out of 5: 5 Reasons: The Moxy Hotel at Edinburgh Airport is a very nice place to spend your time, with the bar at …
Hopetoun House – The ancestral home of the Hope Family
Location: Queensferry, South Queensferry, West Lothian, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of castle: country house; stately mansiontoday: partially private, partially open to the public, available for events …
The Haining lochside circuit, Selkirk
Rating out of 5: 4 Source: Walkhighlands 40 min (about 3km; walking around freely) Reasons: This route is a very lovely one, easy to reach …
Castle Roy
Location: just north of Nethy Bridge, on the B970, Strathspey, Highlands of Scotlandkind of castle: 12th-century courtyard castletoday: open to the public, parking spaces and …
Halterburn Circuit & The Schil, nr Kirk Yetholm
Rating out of 5: 4 Source: walkhighlands as well as a book Reasons: This lovely route is maybe one of the most distinct ones I …