We've added walk's ever-growing selection of walking routes around Britain to a handy map for you to browse – alongside walking and wildlife features from around the British Isles. Have fun exploring!
Archive for Scotland
Scotland – Dundee, Angus
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Dundee may be best known for its jute, jam and journalism, but this compact city actually grew around its harbour from the 13th century onwards.
Scotland – Criffel, Dumfries and Galloway
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Rising from the flat plains of the Galloway coast, a few miles from Dumfries, Criffel’s rolling prospect is a conspicuous sight throughout much of the region’s eastern side.
Galloway Forest Park, Dumfries
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Galloway Forest Park is often described as the Highlands of the Lowlands. But while its rocky slopes, high hills and remote glens share some Highland attributes, it has a character of its own. This is a landscape in which John [...]
Scotland – The Eildon Hills, Scottish Borders
Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Eildon Hills may not be the highest hills in the Scottish Borders, but make no mistake: they are steep.
Scotland – Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Friday, May 25th, 2012
Aberdeen, Scotland’s third-largest city, is bound by the great rivers of the Don and the Dee.
Scotland – Cairnsmore of Fleet, Galloway
Friday, February 24th, 2012
Cairnsmore of Fleet, at 711m/ 2,333ft, is the highest point along the Galloway coast and provides a stunning vantage point and a window on the wilder, remoter upland areas of Galloway.
Scotland Lochnagar, Aberdeenshire
Friday, February 24th, 2012
Lochnagar is one of the truly classic British mountain walks, its renowned brooding cliffs never failing to take the breath away.
Scotland – Falls of Foyers, Highlands
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
The Falls of Foyers are a mustsee on any visit to Loch Ness. Robert Burns, visiting the area on the then newly built military Wade road, called the Falls a “horrid cauldron”.
Scotland – Troon, Ayrshire
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
The 17 miles between the Ayrshire towns of Troon and Ardrossan are what simple, stress-free coastal walking should be all about.
Scotland – Stirling, Stirlingshire
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Glasgow and Edinburgh may get more visitors, but it’s Stirling that can arguably claim Scotland’s greatest historical monuments within its confines and I am not just talking about Stirling Castle and the Wallace Monument.





