Touring the Eildon and Leaderfoot NSA and surroundings

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83 mi
4,491 ft
02h13
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This route starts and ends at tweedbank station and first takes you through the beautiful surroundings of the Eildon and Leaderfoot NSA. then the tour continues to the desolate and quiet roads west of this region. Charming villages, large forests and a rolling landscape you will often encounter here, which makes this a super cool route.

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Difficulty level: Medium (70/100)

Length: 83 mi

Duration: 02h13


Total ascent: 4,491 ft

Maximal slope: 10 %

Average slope: 0 %

Net ascent: 3.28 ft

Total descent: 4,488 ft

Roads and subsoil

Paved roads: 82.4 mi (99 %)

Cobblestones: 0 ft (0 %)

Scenery

Car free roads: 228 ft (0 %)

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Urban area

Water rich area

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        Start and end of the route

        Closest address to start and end: Tweedbank Drive, The Scottish Borders, Verenigd Koninkrijk

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        Places of interest

        1. Carolside

          0 · Manor house
          Carolside is an estate by the Leader Water, in the Scottish Borders. It is located one mile …
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        2. St Andrew's College

          0 · Seminary
          St Andrew's College, Drygrange, located near Melrose, Scotland, was a Roman Catholic seminary …
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        3. River Leader

          0 · River
          The River Leader, or Leader Water, is a small tributary of the River Tweed in Lauderdale in the …
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        4. Drygrange Old Bridge

          0 · Bridge
          The Drygrange Old Bridge is a disused road bridge over the River Tweed near Melrose in the …
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        5. Eildon Hall

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          Eildon Hall, near St Boswells, Roxburghshire, is one of the houses belonging to the Dukes of …
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        6. Bowden

          0 · Municipality
          Bowden is a village in the Roxburghshire area of the Scottish Borders, situated 3 miles south of …
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        7. Castle Holydean

          0 · Castle
          Holydean Castle was a castle sited near Melrose in Bowden, 1.25 miles SW of the village, in the …
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        8. The Haining

          0 · Manor house
          The Haining is a country house and estate in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. The present house …
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        9. Selkirk railway station

          0 · Trainstation
          Selkirk railway station served the town of Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland, from 1856 to 1964 …
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        10. Battle of Philiphaugh

          0 · Village
          The Battle of Philiphaugh was fought on 13 September 1645 during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms …
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        11. Newark Castle

          0 · Castle
          Newark Tower is a large, ruined tower house standing in the grounds of Bowhill House, in the …
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        12. Traquair

          0 · Municipality
          Traquair is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the …
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        13. Traquair House

          0 · Manor house
          Traquair House, approximately 7 miles southeast of Peebles, is claimed to be the oldest …
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        14. Leithen Water

          0 · River
          Leithen Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in Scotland. It rises in the Moorfoot Hills and …
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        15. Robert Smail's Printing Works

          0 · Historical place
          Robert Smail's Printing Works is a fully functional Victorian era letterpress printing works in …
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        16. Innerleithen

          0 · Municipality
          Innerleithen is a civil parish and a small town in the committee area of Tweeddale, in the …
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        17. Heriot

          0 · Municipality
          Heriot is a small village in the Moorfoot Hills southeast of Edinburgh, Scotland, within Eildon . …
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        18. Fountainhall railway station

          0 · Trainstation
          Fountainhall railway station served the village of Fountainhall, Scottish Borders from 1848 to …
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        19. Stow railway station

          0 · Trainstation
          Stow is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and …
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        20. Bow Castle Broch

          0 · Archeological site
          Bow Castle is the remains of an iron-age broch near the Gala Water, in the Scottish Borders area …
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        21. Clovenfords railway station

          0 · Trainstation
          Clovenfords railway station served the village of Clovenfords, Scottish Borders, Scotland from …
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        22. Clovenfords

          0 · Municipality
          Clovenfords is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, 1 mile north of the hamlet of …
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        23. Yair

          0 · Building
          Yair, also known as The Yair, is an estate in the Scottish Borders. It stands by the River Tweed …
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        24. Yair Bridge

          0 · Bridge
          The Yair Bridge or Fairnilee Bridge is a bridge across the River Tweed at Yair, near Galashiels in …
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        25. Ettrick Water

          0 · Water
          The Ettrick Water is a river in Ettrick, by the village of Ettrickbridge and the historic town of …
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        26. Abbotsford Ferry railway station

          0 · Trainstation
          Abbotsford Ferry railway station was a small railway station on the branch line from Galashiels to …
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        27. Abbotsford House

          0 · Castle
          Abbotsford House was the place where Sir Walter Scott lived. Beginning in 1825 Sir Walter Scott …
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        28. Abbotsford

          0 · Manor house
          Abbotsford is a historic country house in the Scottish Borders, near Galashiels, on the south bank …
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        29. Tweedbank

          0 · Village
          Tweedbank is a large village south-east of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It is …
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        30. Tweedbank railway station

          0 · Trainstation
          Tweedbank is a railway station on the Borders Railway, which runs between Edinburgh Waverley and …
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        Carolside
        St Andrew's College
        River Leader
        Drygrange Old Bridge
        Eildon Hall
        Bowden
        Castle Holydean
        The Haining
        Selkirk railway station
        Battle of Philiphaugh
        Newark Castle
        Traquair
        Traquair House
        Leithen Water
        Robert Smail's Printing Works
        Innerleithen
        Heriot
        Fountainhall railway station
        Stow railway station
        Bow Castle Broch
        Clovenfords railway station
        Clovenfords
        Yair
        Yair Bridge
        Ettrick Water
        Abbotsford Ferry railway station
        Abbotsford House
        Abbotsford
        Tweedbank
        Tweedbank railway station
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