Walk the Southern Upland Way with Make Tracks for an unforgettable coast to coast hike across the Southern Uplands of Scotland. We provide bed and breakfast or Hotel accommodation, luggage transfer, a detailed written guide and maps, and comprehensive support before and during your walk.

The itinerary can be varied to suit individual walkers. Fast pace, slow pace - contact Make Tracks and we will help you plan an itinerary.

Some of the stages of the hike across the Southern Upland Way are in remote locations. So Make Tracks arranges for you to be driven from the Way to the best local accommodation. We also arrange for some of the longer stages to be broken into more manageable sections.

The Route

Day 1	Arrive Portpatrick
Day 2	Portpatrick to Castle Kennedy (13.5 miles)	Collection to accommodation near Stranraer.
Day 3	Castle Kennedy to New Luce (9 miles)	Collection to accommodation in Glenluce.
Day 4	New Luce to Bargrennan (17.5 miles)
Day 5	Bargrennan to Craigenbay (17.5 miles)	Collection to accommodation in Dalry.
Day 6	Craigenbay to Stroanpatrick (15.5 miles)	Collection to accommodation in Dalry.
Day 7	Stroanpatrick to Sanquhar (18 miles)
Day 8	Sanquhar to Wanlockhead (8 miles)
Day 9	Wanlockhead to Beattock (20 miles)	Collection to accommodation in Moffat.
Day 10	Beattock to St. Mary's Loch (21 miles)
Day 11	St. Mary's Loch to Traquair (12 miles)
Day 12	Traquair to Galashiels (13 miles)
Day 13	Galashiels to Lauder (12 miles)
Day 14	Lauder to Longformacus (15 miles)
Day 15	Longformacus to Cockburnspath (17.5 miles)	A short bus ride to B&B in Dunbar.
Day 16	Depart Dunbar

This route lends itself to walking in stages. It can most readily be split into the following stages:

Three Stages Portpatrick - Sanquhar (8 days) Sanquhar - Traquair (6 days) Traquair - Cockburnspath (6 days)

Two Stages Portpatrick - Beattock (10 days) Beattock - Cockburnspath (8 days)

Walking the 212 mile length of the Southern Upland Way will take you through an enormous variety of scenery and it provides a challenge that will give you a tremendous sense of achievement on completion. With Make Tracks, independent walkers can walk the way without carrying luggage or worrying about arranging accommodation each night. We arrange accommodation and luggage transfer for every day of your walk. Many of the longer sections could bevery arduous and would be difficult or dangerous to manage in a single day. To make these more manageable we have arranged for walkers to be collected from intermediate points, driven to nearby accommodation and dropped off again the next morning.

The route is only suitable for those who are experienced and very fit. Every party is provided with a copy of the official guide and maps of the Way (if you have your own we will refund the cost). The accommodation is normally in Bed and Breakfasts or Farmhouses, and occasionally in Hotels. The walk can also be conveniently divided into two or three sections. We will make every effort to vary the itinerary to suit individual walkers. Please contact Make Tracks (details below) to discuss any variations you would like to incorporate.

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Make Tracks Walking Holidays
26 Forbes Road,
Edinburgh
Scotland. UK
EH10 4ED.