| Scotland's Great Trails | Length | Completed | Grade | Time | Baggage Transfer |
Public transport |
Gallery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Upland Way | 338km | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 12 - 15 days | Most stages | ![]() | ||
| Fife Coastal Path | 183km | ![]() ![]() | 6 - 9 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| West Highland Way | 151km | ![]()
| 5 - 8 days | Most stages | ![]() | ||
| Ayrshire Coastal Path | 147km | ![]() ![]() | 6 - 8 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| Kintyre Way | 140km | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 - 7 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| Rob Roy Way | 128km | ![]() ![]() | 5 - 8 days | Except one stage | ![]() | ||
| Great Glen Way | 117km | ![]() ![]() | 5 - 6 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| Borders Abbeys Way | 107km | ![]() ![]() | 5 - 6 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| Speyside Way | 106km | ![]() ![]() | 5 - 7 days | Most stages | ![]() | ||
| Cateran Trail | 104km | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 4 - 6 days | Most stages | ![]() | ||
| Forth & Clyde and Union Canals | 101km | ![]() | 3 - 4 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| St Cuthbert's Way | 100km | ![]() ![]() | 4 - 5 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| Annandale Way | 88km | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 - 5 days | Some stages | ![]() | ||
| Formartine and Buchan Way | 86km | ![]() | 3 - 5 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| John Muir Way | 73km | ![]() | 3 - 4 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| Moray Coast Trail | 72km | ![]() ![]() | 3 - 5 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| River Ayr Way | 65km | ![]() | 2 - 4 days | Not all route | ![]() | ||
| Clyde Walkway | 63km |
| 2 - 5 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| Three Lochs Way | 52km | ![]() ![]() | 3 - 4 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| West Island Way | 48km | ![]() ![]() | 2 - 4 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| Berwickshire Coastal Path | 48km | ![]() ![]() | 2 - 4 days | Most stages | ![]() | ||
| Dava Way | 38km | ![]() | 1 - 3 days | To start/end | ![]() | ||
| Other Long Distance Walks | Length | Completed | Grade | Time | Baggage Transfer |
Public transport |
Gallery |
| Cape Wrath Trail (route not yet featured) | 326km | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 15-21 days | ||||
| Skye Trail | 128km | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 7 days | All stages | ![]() | ||
| Cowal Way | 90km | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 4 - 7 days | All stages | ![]() |
Scotland's Great Trails are nationally promoted long distance routes. They provide superb opportunities to get out there on foot to discover and explore some of the best of Scotland's landscape and wildlife. The trails vary greatly in character, from sections of the Clyde Walkway through the centre of the city of Glasgow to the mountain grandeur revealed by the ever popular West Highland Way.
What the Great Trails share is that all are continuous waymarked routes, largely off-road, with the potential for multi-day journeys on foot. All offer a rewarding experience and a chance to appreciate the natural, cultural and historic interest through which they pass. Whilst some of the trails are usually walked in a single holiday, others have good public transport links to each section allowing easy access and enabling you to walk them a stage at a time.
Walkhighlands would like to acknowledge the support of Scottish Natural Heritage for its help with the funding of our guides to some of the above routes.
Walking can be dangerous and is done entirely at your own risk. Information is provided free of charge; it is each walkers' responsibility to check it and navigate using a map and compass.