COUNTRYSIDE PATHS AROUND HARESTANES
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COUNTRYSIDE PATHS MAP
FOLLY LOCH
Upper Snipecleuch
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Perch Pond
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Waterloo Monument
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ST. CUTHBERT’S WAY
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CRICKET PARK PATH 0.9 MILES / 1.5KM
RIVER TEVIOT PATH 4 MILES / 6KM
FOLLY LOCH PATH 4 MILES / 6KM
PENIEL HEUGH PATH 4 MILES / 6KM
ST. CUTHBERT’S WAY 60 MILES / 100KM
FOLLOW THE COLOURED ARROWS FROM THE CAR PARK ENTRANCE OR WILDLIFE GARDEN
OUTDOOR ACCESS Please exercise your access rights responsibly: • Respect people’s privacy • Help land managers and others to work safely • Care for your environment • Keep your dog under control. WWW.OUTDOORACCESS -SCOTLAND.COM • Waymarked paths start from the Visitor Centre • Please keep your dog on a lead around the Visitor Centre and Cricket Park Path • Not cleaning up after your dog (exc. guide dogs) is an offence under the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003. Please use the dog waste bins provided.
CRICKET PARK PATH 0.9 mile / 1.5km A route through mature woodland popular with walkers, joggers and cyclists. Cricket was played here until the 2nd World War, when the pitch was ploughed in order to grow crops. The path passes a large pond on the Marble Burn from where, in the late 1800s, a lade ran across the adjacent field to a water wheel in what is now the Visitor Centre. The wheel provided power for a saw mill. This is an easy access route on a level, wide, surfaced path normally suitable for buggies and assisted wheelchairs and includes a Maths Trail (details from the Visitor Centre). Cricket Park Path.
RIVER TEVIOT PATH 4 miles / 6km
River Teviot.
Pass through woodland and fields to a riverside viewpoint at Nisbet Mill Cauld, returning by the same route. Follow St. Cuthbert’s Way to extend the route to Monteviot Suspension Bridge.
FOLLY LOCH PATH 4 miles / 6km
Folly Loch & the Eildon Hills.
This route includes a section on Dere Street (once a Roman road from York to the Firth of Forth) and has views of Peniel Heugh and Folly Loch. The route uses minor public roads.
PENIEL HEUGH PATH 4 miles / 6km Climb up Peniel Heugh to the Waterloo Monument for panoramic views, returning by the same route. The summit includes the remains of an Iron Age hill fort. The 48m monument was built to celebrate the Duke of Wellington’s victory at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The monument was completed in 1824. Livestock are occasionally on the summit. To gain access to the tower contact Lothian Estates office (M-F) on 01835 862201. Waterloo Monument.
ST. CUTHBERT’S WAY 60 miles / 100km Long distance route from Melrose to Lindisfarne. Designed to commemorate the life of St. Cuthbert, Prior of Melrose Abbey and Lindisfarne Priory. www.stcuthbertsway.info
COUNTRYSIDE PATHS AROUND HARESTANES
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Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre Ancrum, Jedburgh TD8 6UQ 01835 830 306 harestanes@liveborders1.org.uk LIVEBORDERS.ORG.UK #HARESTANES Registration No SC243577 Registered Charity No SCO34227 All walks photos © Keith Robeson except ‘River Teviot’ © Alex Turnbull. Café photo by Phil Wilkinson. Map adapted using Map © Crown copyright and database right 2009. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100023423.
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