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Tayside Young Walkers Group

We are the Tayside Young Walkers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

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  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

Combination of the following walks around Braemar; The Lions Face and Cromlins, Queen's Drive and River Clunie, Creag Chòinnich and River Dee riverside walk. With a wee hill in the middle.

This beautiful circular walk leaves Braemar along the River Clunie before picking up the Queen's Drive - a carriage drive once favoured by Queen Victoria. This gently gains height and gives excellent views before a steeper descent through the woods leads back to Braemar.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/queens-drive.shtml

This excellent circuit through the pinewoods and fields east of Braemar offers some superb viewpoints, as well as the opportunity to visit Braemar Castle.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/lions-face.shtml

Creag Chòinnich is the diminutive but beautiful little hill just east of Braemar, clothed in pinewoods. Its ascent makes a short but very steep walk, which can easily be combined with the Lion's Face walk.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/creag-choinnich.shtml

This pleasant circular walk from Braemar takes in the confluence of the two main rivers, the Dee and the Clunie and then climbs gently through birch woods to return to the centre of the village. There are good open views up the strath and the chance to explore the pretty centre of Braemar.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/braemar-riverside.shtml

Saturday, 19 July 2025
Start time:
10:00 am
Estimated finish time:
4:00 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
16.1km / 10.0mi
Ascent:
438m / 1437ft
Type:
circular

Starting point

Grid reference:
NO 19247 98082
Nearest postcode:
AB35 5TQ
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Start time:
10:00 am

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking