Trail
|
Distance (km)
|
Start/Finish points
|
Description
|
Classification
|
Affric Kintail Way |
71 |
Drumnadrochit &
Morvich |
Follows
Glen Urquhart and
Glen Affric between
Loch Ness and the west coast. |
Waymarked route
|
Annandale Way |
90 (or 85) |
Moffat &
Newbie Barns |
Follows the valley of the
River Annan from its source in the
Moffat Hills to the sea in the
Solway Firth. |
SGT
|
Arran Coastal Way |
107 |
Circular route |
Around the coastline of the
Isle of Arran. |
SGT
|
Ayrshire Coastal Path |
161 |
Glenapp,
Ballantrae &
Skelmorlie |
Along the length of the coastline of
Ayrshire. |
SGT
|
Berwickshire Coastal Path |
48 |
Cockburnspath &
Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Along the length of the coastline of
Berwickshire. |
SGT
|
Borders Abbeys Way |
109 |
Circular route:
Kelso –
Jedburgh –
Hawick –
Selkirk –
Melrose |
A circular route in the
Borders passing the ruins of many
abbeys. |
SGT
|
Ca na Catanach |
35 |
Dorrery Lodge &
Achentoul |
A
medieval drovers' road in
Caithness and
Sutherland. |
Heritage path
|
Cateran Trail |
103 |
Circular route:
Blairgowrie –
Kirkmichael –
Spittal of Glenshee –
Alyth |
A route following old
drovers' roads, minor paved roads and farm tracks in
Perth and Kinross and
Angus. |
SGT
|
Cape Wrath Trail |
330 |
Fort William &
Cape Wrath |
Across the
Northwest Highlands. |
Virtual route
|
Clyde Coastal Path
|
176
|
Weymss Bay &
Milngavie
|
Following the
River Clyde until it reaches and crosses the
Erskine Bridge. The path then goes inland across to
Milngavie to the start of the
West Highland Way. There are also two spurs to
Paisley and
Partick.
[9]
|
Waymarked route
|
Clyde Walkway |
65 |
Glasgow &
New Lanark |
Along the course of the
River Clyde. |
SGT
|
Cross Borders Drove Road |
82 |
Little Vantage (near
Livingston) &
Hawick |
A route across the
Borders region of
Scotland, following tracks formerly used to drive cattle southwards for sale in England. |
SGT
|
Dava Way |
38 |
Grantown-on-Spey &
Forres |
Follow the trackbed of a closed section of the
Highland Railway. |
SGT
|
Deeside Way |
66 |
Aberdeen &
Ballater |
Largely follows the trackbed of the former
Deeside Railway.
[10] |
Themed route
|
East Highland Way |
132 |
Fort William &
Aviemore |
Links the
West Highland Way and the
Speyside Way.
[11] |
Virtual route
|
Edinburgh the Walk |
69 |
Edinburgh |
Follows paths, roads and cycleways through Edinburgh's green spaces.
[12]
[13] |
Virtual route
|
Formartine and Buchan Way |
66 (or 68) |
Dyce &
Fraserburgh /
Peterhead |
Follows the track of the former railway line the
Formartine and Buchan Railway which closed in 1970. The path branches into two sections at
Maud.
[14] |
SGT
|
Forth-Clyde/Union Canal Towpath |
106 |
Bowling, West Dunbartonshire &
Fountainbridge,
Edinburgh |
Follows the
towpaths of the
Forth and Clyde and
Union canals between the
Firth of Forth and the
Firth of Clyde. |
SGT
|
Great Glen Canoe Trail |
96 |
Fort William &
Clachnaharry |
Follows the canals and lochs of the
Great Glen. |
SGT
|
Great Glen Way |
125 |
Fort William &
Inverness |
Runs generally to the west of the canals and lochs of the
Great Glen. |
SGT
|
Great Trossachs Path |
45 |
Callander &
Inversnaid |
A route through the forested hillsides of the
Trossachs. |
SGT
|
John Muir Way |
215 |
Helensburgh &
Dunbar |
Named in honour of the Scottish
conservationist
John Muir, who was born in Dunbar in 1838 and became a founder of the
United States
National Park Service.
[15] |
SGT
|
John o' Groats Trail |
235 |
Inverness &
John o' Groats |
A largely coastal route in the North Highlands.
[16] |
Waymarked route
|
Kintyre Way |
161 |
Tarbert, Argyll &
Machrihanish |
A route across the
Kintyre peninsula.
[17] |
SGT
|
Loch Lomond and Cowal Way |
92 |
Portavadie &
Inveruglas |
Across the
Cowal peninsula. |
SGT
|
Moray Coast Trail |
72 |
Forres &
Cullen |
Along the coastline of
Moray. |
SGT
|
Mull of Galloway Trail |
59 |
Mull of Galloway & Glenapp,
Ballantrae |
Links the
Ayrshire Coastal Path to the
Mull of Galloway. |
SGT
|
North Highland Way |
241 |
Cape Wrath &
Duncansby Head |
Along the north coast of Scotland.
[18] |
Virtual route
|
Pennine Way |
429 |
Edale &
Kirk Yetholm |
The northernmost 10 km are in Scotland. |
National Trail (England and Wales)
|
River Ayr Way |
66 |
Glenbuck &
Ayr |
Follows the course of the
River Ayr. |
SGT
|
Rob Roy Way |
127 (or 154) |
Drymen &
Pitlochry |
Links sites connected with the
folk hero and
outlaw
Rob Roy MacGregor. |
SGT
|
Romans and Reivers Route |
84 |
Ae &
Hawick |
Much of the route follows former
Roman roads in the Borders. |
SGT
|
Roman Heritage Way |
241 |
Wallsend &
Melrose |
Heads north from
Hadrian's Wall into the
Scottish Borders.
[19] |
Virtual route
|
Scottish Coastal Way |
- |
N/A |
A proposed route around the coastline of Scotland. |
Proposed virtual route
|
Scottish National Trail |
864 |
Kirk Yetholm &
Cape Wrath |
Devised by writer and broadcaster
Cameron McNeish.
[20] |
Virtual route
|
Sir Walter Scott Way |
148 or 151 |
Moffat &
Cockburnspath |
Links places connected with
Walter Scott.
[21] |
Virtual route/themed route
|
Skye Trail |
128 |
Rubha Hùinis &
Broadford |
A trail across the Isle of
Skye.
[22]
[23] |
Virtual route
|
Southern Upland Way |
338 |
Portpatrick &
Cockburnspath |
A coast-to-coast walk across the
Southern Uplands. |
SGT
|
Speyside Way |
107 |
Buckie &
Aviemore (spur to
Tomintoul) |
Follows the course of the
River Spey form near its source down to the sea. |
SGT
|
St Cuthbert's Way |
100 |
Melrose &
Lindisfarne |
A route linking sites associated with
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne in both England and Scotland. |
SGT
|
Sutherland Trail |
111 |
Lochinver &
Tongue |
A trail across
Sutherland, devised by writer and broadcaster
Cameron McNeish.
[24]
[25] |
Virtual route
|
Three Lochs Way |
55 |
Balloch &
Inveruglas |
Links
Loch Lomond,
Gare Loch and
Loch Long at the southern edge of the
Highlands. |
SGT
|
West Highland Way |
154 |
Milngavie &
Fort William |
Scotland's first and most popular long-distance walking route.
[26] |
SGT
|
West Island Way |
48 (or 52) |
Kilchattan Bay &
Port Bannatyne |
Located on the
Isle of Bute, this was the first waymarked long-distance route on a Scottish island.
[27] |
SGT
|