Traquair House
Location: near Traquair, Innerleithen, Peebleshire, Scottish Borders, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of castle: fortified mansion, former hunting lodgetoday: opened to the public, while also functioning as …
Scottish Borders
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 …
Dryburgh Abbey
Location: Dryburgh, near St Boswells, Scottish Borders, Lowlands of Scotlandtoday: ruin is opened to the publicpublic transport: buses to St Boswells or Newton St Boswells, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Three Brethren, from near Selkirk
Rating out of 5: 5 Source: Walkhighlands 2h 8min Reasons: There are various routes up to the Three Brethren, I would like to compare them …
Meigle Hill
Rating out of 5: 5 Source: The Scottish Borders – 40 favourite walks by Robbie Porteous Reasons: Easily accessible from both Clovenfords and Galashiels, this …