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Linlithgow Group

We are the Linlithgow Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

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

Overview

The walk starts from the National Trust for Scotland car park below the Grey Mare's Tail waterfall and climbs steeply by the side of the waterfall on a good path. It then continues along the path to Loch Skeen and then across rough, boggy, ground to climb the Donald, Lochcraig Head. The circular route continues across Donald Cleugh's Head and Firthhope Rig to White Coomb. The return route will cross the Tail Burn at a suitable place to return to the path

Sunday, 6 August 2023
Meeting time:
7:00 am
Start time:
9:00 am
Estimated finish time:
4:00 pm
Difficulty:
Strenuous
Distance:
11.5km / 7.1mi
Ascent:
751m / 2464ft
Type:
circular

OS sheet 330
Local walk grade: A

This walk has been rescheduled from Saturday 5th August due to the poor weather forecast for that day. 

The walk leader will be going straight to the start point - Grey Mare's Tail car park. Please could anyone else who would like to go directly to the start point instead of the meeting point in Linlithgow contact the walk leader.

Meeting point

Grid reference:
NS 99400 77001
Nearest postcode:
EH49 7AW
what3words:
luckier.speared.billiard
Meeting time:
7:00 am

West Port car park

Starting point

Grid reference:
NT 18649 14450
Nearest postcode:
DG10 9LH
Start time:
9:00 am

Grey Mare's Tail car park

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