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Solway Coast 200

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A linear route with the wind mostly at your back. From the most Southerly tip of Scotland, the Mull of Galloway, to the Border with England at Gretna Green.

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195mi
313.5km
trending_flat
10,660ft
3,250m
trending_flat
11,185ft
3,410m
Towns along route: Sandhead, Wigtown, Castle Douglas, Laurieston, Kirkcudbright, Dundrennan, Kippford, Gretna

Tweed Valley Cycle Route

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Challenge

Starting at 650 ft above sea level in Biggar and finishing on the coast in Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Tweed Cycle Way is a waymarked cycle route, 95 miles long, running through the heart of the Scottish Borders with the River Tweed as its linking theme.

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96mi
154km
trending_flat
5,773ft
1,760m
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6,363ft
1,940m
Towns along route: Broughton, Innerleithen, Melrose, Kelso, Coldstream, Berwick Upon Tweed

Coast and Castles

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Wonderful views, historic sites and friendly communities make this a truly memorable journey. The vast majority of this route is on quiet roads and is usually tackled in a northerly direction, although can be done either way.

height
94.5mi
151.5km
trending_flat
6,068ft
1,850m
trending_flat
5,904ft
1,800m
Towns along route: Berwick Upon Tweed, Coldstream, Kelso, St Boswells, Melrose, Innerleithen, Gorebridge, Dalkeith

Borderloop

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The long and turbulent history of the Scottish Borders has bequeathed a legacy of romantic castles, historic abbeys and great country houses that lie like jewels flung from a generous hand among a landscape celebrated in song and legend.

height
245.5mi
395km
trending_flat
18,794ft
5,730m
trending_flat
18,794ft
5,730m
Towns along route: Melrose, Duns, St Abbs, Eyemouth, Coldstream, Kelso, Hawick, Broughton, Innerleithen

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