- Start point: Ae
- End point: Hawick
- Distance or area: 52 miles (83km)
- Type: Scotlands Great Trails
- Location: Southern Scotland
Although initiated by the British Horse Society Scotland, the Romans & Reivers Route is a multi-use trail than can also be enjoyed by walkers, mountain bikers and horse riders alike with the terrain covered including old Roman roads, forest tracks, drove roads and quiet lanes.
More information:www.southofscotlandcountrysidetrails.co.uk
- Start point: Drymen
- End point: Pitlochry
- Distance or area: 77 or 94 miles (124 or 151km)
- Type: Scotlands Great Trails
- Location: Central Scotland
This route pays homage to Scottish folk hero, outlaw and legend Robert Roy MacGregor, known as Rob Roy, and the routes he and others used during the Jacobite uprisings and clan feuds of the 17th and 18th centuries.
More information:www.robroyway.com
- Start point: Glenbuck
- End point: Ayr
- Distance or area: 44 miles (70km)
- Type: Scotlands Great Trails
- Location: Southern Scotland
Few walks can be more fulfilling than accompanying a river on its journey from its source until reaching its final destination, the sea. The River Ayr Way was Scotland’s first ‘source to sea’ path, taking walkers from the river’s source at Glenbuck Loch to the coast at Ayr.
More information:www.theriverayrway.org
- Start point: Mull of Galloway
- End point: Glenapp
- Distance or area: 36 miles (58km)
- Type: Scotlands Great Trails
- Location: Southern Scotland
The most south-reaching (and one of the most recently designated) of Scotland’s Great Trails fittingly starts at Scotland’s most southerly point – the Mull of Galloway where walkers are treated to views of Ireland, England and the Isle of Man.
More information:www.mullofgallowaytrail.co.uk
- Start point: Forres
- End point: Cullen
- Distance or area: 50 miles (80km)
- Type: Scotlands Great Trails
- Location: Northern Scotland
This part of Scotland has an incredible coastline and you will be rewarded with views over the Moray Firth no matter which part of the route you are walking along. Despite giving a sense of remoteness due to the ruggedness of the coast, pleasant villages and towns are never far away on this 50 mile trail.
More information:www.morayways.org.uk/moray-coast-trail