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Borders Ramble

A flexible walking holiday in the beautiful Scottish Borders

  • Plan your own route
  • No fixed start or finish point
  • Stay as long as you like
  • Choose from the best of Borders Walks
If you want the flexibility to plan your own itinerary, The Borders Ramble gives you the freedom to do just that. You decide when to start - on any day of the week - and can stay for as long as you want - from a quick weekend break to a 70 mile trek. You may want to try a demanding hill-top walk one day, then spend a couple of days exploring one of the ancient Borders Burghs, with a shorter walk to follow - or spend a week or ten days getting to know the different parts of this, one of Britain's largest unspoiled areas. Whatever you decide, the choice is yours. And remember that Make Tracks will arrange accommodation and luggage transfer, and provide written guides to every walk (in either direction).

To choose your route, look at the plan of the Borders Ramble and the summary table. Choose a starting point, and simply follow a route between the different overnight stops. You will see that there is a choice of more than one route between overnight stops, giving you the chance to walk by a different route in each direction. You can stay as many nights as you like in any location, and finish at any point on the network. When you have decided where you want to stay each night, fill in the booking form.

Borders Ramble Network

From To Route(s)
Peebles Traquair Route A - 6 miles
A gentle introduction or wind-down, mainly on tarmac back lanes along thebanks of the Tweed, taking in some remarkable gardens and the historic house where many Scottish Kings resided.

Route B - 12 miles
An exhilarating high-level walk (521m) over the top of the Moorfoot Hills.

Peebles St. Mary's Loch 12 miles
By an old drove road to the top of Birkscairn Hill (661m), then downhill to an old lochside inn.
St. Mary's Loch Traquair 12 miles
A good track over quite high ground with great views over the Tweed valley to the north, ending at the tiny village of Traquair.
Traquair Selkirk 14 miles
A fairly demanding but rewarding track, following a route over the Minch Moor (to 524m) taken by the 18th century cattle drovers on their way to the southern markets. Peace and solitude to enjoy some wonderful views.
Selkirk Galashiels 10 miles
Two gentle climbs (max 350m) over beautifully varied countryside, from mixed woodland and the banks of salmon-laden rivers to springy high pasture and heathery moors. Several pretty spots for a picnic and plenty of time to enjoy it.
Selkirk Melrose Route A - 9 miles
A mixture of leafy winding lanes through pretty farmland and villages and a more open track following an old drovers' route, with the chance to stop at the home of Scotland's most famous novelist, Sir Walter Scott.

Route B - 9 miles
The Eildon Hills, and farmland tracks, via the pretty village of Bowden.

Galashiels Melrose 11 or 8 miles
A varied walk over a mixture of moorland, back lanes, and pasture, linking with the Southern Upland Way through farmland and back to Tweedside. An optional shortcut gives you a choice of length of walk.
Melrose Lauder 9 miles
A good path to start or finish your break. Waymarked all the way, this section travels an undulating route that was almost certainly engineered by the Romans, and is now part of the Southern Upland Way.
Melrose St. Boswell's 6 miles
A track through the picturesque Eildon Hills past a Roman fort, an Iron Age settlement, and a charming village. An undemanding walk, leaving time to visit the ancient abbeys of Dryburgh and Melrose.
St. Boswell's Jedburgh 12 miles
A track following a delightful riverside walk and an old Roman road past a Woodland Centre with an excellent pinery, fine exhibitions on timber and its uses, and first-rate tea and scones.

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