Walking

Berwickshire Coastal Path

Walking Route  -

Challenge

With the second highest cliffs on the east coast of Britain the borders has one of the most spectacular coastlines in Britain.

height

24.5mi

39.5km

trending_flat

4,198ft

1,280m

trending_flat

4,264ft

1,300m

Towns along route: Cockburnspath, Cove, St Abbs, Coldingham, Eyemouth, Burnmouth, Berwick Upon Tweed

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Cockburnspath to Dowlaw

Walking Route  -

Moderate

Part 1/5 of the Berwickshire Coastal Path route. Key points of interest along this walk: Pease Bay : This Site of Special Scientific Interest is managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust as a Nature Reserve.

height

9.5mi

15km

trending_flat

1,050ft

320m

trending_flat

689ft

210m

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Dowlaw to St Abbs

Walking Route  -

Hard

Part 2/4 of the Berwickshire Coastal path route. Key points of interest along this walk: Fast Castle : Fast Castle occupies a dramatic, sheer-sided rock jutting out into the sea.

height

7mi

11km

trending_flat

1,574ft

480m

trending_flat

1,050ft

320m

Towns along route: St Abbs

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Eyemouth to Berwick upon Tweed

Walking Route  -

Hard

Part 4/4 of the Berwickshire Coastal path route. Key points of interest along this walk: The small harbour at Burnmouth was improved in 1879 and 1959 to serve the shoreline fishing communities of Partanhall, Cowdrait and Ross who shipped out their catches through Upper Burnmouth, which is on the Great North Road and main line railway.

height

10.5mi

17.5km

trending_flat

1,902ft

580m

trending_flat

1,837ft

560m

Towns along route: Burnmouth, Berwick Upon Tweed

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St Abbs to Eyemouth

Walking Route  -

Easy

Part 3/4 of the Berwickshire Coastal path route. The most popular part of the full route and the shortest. Key points of interest along this walk: Coldingham: In the early 700s the first English historian, Bede, wrote about a place named urbs Coludi or Colud’s fort and the village of Coldingham represents the settlement of the descendants of Colud.

height

4mi

6.5km

trending_flat

558ft

170m

trending_flat

623ft

190m

Towns along route: St Abbs, Eyemouth

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