Walking in the Southern Uplands Guidebook

Description

This Cicerone walking guidebook describes 44 varied day walks in the Southern Uplands. They describe the best hill days in Southern Scotland and include over 100 summits. The Southern Uplands of Scotland, stretch south-west from Edinburgh to the English border, including the Galloway and Pentland Hills. Other highlights include the Merrick Hills, Hart Fell and the Devil’s Beeftub, Cheviot and the Border Ridge, Arthur’s Seat and the River Tweed.

The walks across this remote and rugged hill country range from 2km to 29km long that are suitable from spring through to the autumn, and on winter days with good weather and snow conditions.

For each walk there is step-by-step description along with OS mapping, information on distance, ascent, time, maximum altitude and terrain, as well as details of any variants or shortcuts. With notes on points of interest along the way as well as on transport and accommodation, the guide gives all the information walkers need to explore the Scottish Southern Uplands.