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Innerleithen

Towns & Villages
The small town of Innerleithen sits at the confluence of the River Tweed where it meets the Leithen Water. Inver is a common prefix for Scottish place names as it means "mouth of river" in Gaelic.
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About Innerleithen

Said to have been originally founded by the pilgrim monk St Ronan in around A.D. 737, the legend around St Ronan was brought back to life by Sir Walter Scottin his novel St Ronan's Well.

Innerleithen walking, cycling and driving routes

The John Buchan Trail

Driving

height
84mi
135.5km
trending_flat
6,757ft
2,060m
trending_flat
6,757ft
2,060m

Caerlee and the River Tweed

Walking

MODERATE
height
3.5mi
5.5km
trending_flat
328ft
100m
trending_flat
328ft
100m

The Toll house Circular

Walking

EASY
height
3mi
5km
trending_flat
197ft
60m
trending_flat
197ft
60m

Pirn Wood and Leithen Water

Walking

EASY
height
2.5mi
4km
trending_flat
295ft
90m
trending_flat
295ft
90m

St Ronan’s Woodland

Walking

MODERATE
height
1.5mi
2.5km
trending_flat
459ft
140m
trending_flat
459ft
140m

Innerleithen History Trail

Walking

EASY
height
2.5mi
4.5km
trending_flat
426ft
130m
trending_flat
426ft
130m

Innerleithen and Walkerburn by the River Tweed

Walking

EASY
height
3mi
5km
trending_flat
33ft
10m
trending_flat
33ft
10m

Soonhope and Lee Pen

Walking

CHALLENGE
height
8.5mi
13.5km
trending_flat
1,902ft
580m
trending_flat
1,968ft
600m

Glenbenna and Plora

Walking

CHALLENGE
height
8.5mi
13.5km
trending_flat
1,509ft
460m
trending_flat
1,509ft
460m

Kirnie Law, Priesthope and the River Tweed

Walking

HARD
height
8mi
12.5km
trending_flat
1,214ft
370m
trending_flat
1,214ft
370m

Bier Law Circular

Walking

HARD
height
8mi
12.5km
trending_flat
1,345ft
410m
trending_flat
1,345ft
410m

Around Minch Moor and Plora Craig

Walking

HARD
height
10mi
16km
trending_flat
2,066ft
630m
trending_flat
2,066ft
630m

Tweed Valley Railway Path

Cycling

EASY
height
6.5mi
10.5km
trending_flat
262ft
80m
trending_flat
361ft
110m

Borderloop4 – Peebles

Cycling

HARD
height
52.5mi
84.5km
trending_flat
3,936ft
1,200m
trending_flat
3,936ft
1,200m

Megget & Talla

Cycling

HARD
height
55mi
89km
trending_flat
4,034ft
1,230m
trending_flat
4,034ft
1,230m

Moorfoots & Gala Water

Cycling

HARD
height
38mi
61.5km
trending_flat
3,083ft
940m
trending_flat
3,083ft
940m

Traquair House

Cycling

EASY
height
7mi
11km
trending_flat
361ft
110m
trending_flat
394ft
120m

Lowland Route

Driving

Tweed & Ettrick Valleys

Cycling

HARD
height
43.5mi
69.5km
trending_flat
3,313ft
1,010m
trending_flat
3,313ft
1,010m

Tour De Lauder – Nouveau

Cycling

HARD
height
52.5mi
84.5km
trending_flat
5,478ft
1,670m
trending_flat
5,445ft
1,660m

Tour De Lauder – Classic

Cycling

CHALLENGE
height
88.5mi
142km
trending_flat
8,954ft
2,730m
trending_flat
8,889ft
2,710m

Tweed Valley Cycle Route

Cycling

CHALLENGE
height
96mi
154km
trending_flat
5,773ft
1,760m
trending_flat
6,363ft
1,940m

Coast and Castles

Cycling

CHALLENGE
height
94.5mi
151.5km
trending_flat
6,068ft
1,850m
trending_flat
5,904ft
1,800m

Borderloop

Cycling

CHALLENGE
height
189.5mi
305km
trending_flat
16,548ft
5,045m
trending_flat
16,548ft
5,045m

Edinburgh Border Explorer

Driving
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Getting to Innerleithen

directions Address:
Innerleithen
EH44

Highlights

Tweed Valley Railway
Low Level Walks
Robert Smail's Printing Works
Visitor Attractions
No 1 Peebles Road
Food & Drink
Velvet Hall Alpacas
Nature & Wildlife

Towns and villages near Innerleithen

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