Innerleithen XC Trail – No1 Peebles Road Café loop from Holylee

Mountain biking trails

Walkerburn And District

Innerleithen XC Trail – No1 Peebles Road Café loop from Holylee

Hard

riders

Innerleithen XC Trail – No1 Peebles Road Café loop from Holylee

01:34

20.2km

320m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 2.56 km for 13 m

After 17.7 km for 13 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

8.58 km

Angry Sheep Drop-In

Highlight • Trail

Good black to try with no big drops. The start is a touch steep and interesting in the wet but is achievable by newbies to DH

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9.50 km

Innerleithen Fire Road Climb

Highlight • Trail

Thankfully the gradient isn't too steep, but this is a long fireroad climb up to the DH trails at Inners. There's also an uplift service... if you don't like pedalling!

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11.5 km

Innerleithen XC Trail

Highlight • Forest

The red-graded XC trail is fairly short but not to be taken lightly!

A lung-burning switchback climb right from the start to lead you through the trees up to the …

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13.0 km

No1 Peebles Road Café

Highlight • Cafe

A quite spectacularly good cafe in the heart of Innerleithen, which caters to all stripes of locals and tourists alike. Locally sourced food (try the breakfasts - they're excellent), really, …

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13.0 km

Caldwells Homemade Ice Cream

Highlight • Cafe

Simply an amazing selection of flavours of delicious ice cream 🍨 😋
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13.3 km

Innerleithen High Street

Highlight • Rest Area

Several bike shops, plenty cafes and shops exist on the main through road (High Street) in Innerleithen.

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15.1 km

Valley Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

Long flat cycle path next to the river avoiding the main road.

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15.5 km

Scenic Rural Path Through the Valley

Highlight • Trail

Back onto the flat river side pathway

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20.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.51 km

5.50 km

2.70 km

2.34 km

1.45 km

731 m

Surfaces

10.1 km

7.00 km

1.80 km

673 m

504 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Weather

Friday 16 October

10°C

1°C

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Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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Comments

April 17, 2023,Innerleithen MTB trails day 1

After an 8 hour drive from the South, we headed out for a quick couple of hour ride to shake the legs out. We headed into thr back of the Innerleithen road, using the uplift road to climb and drop into some flowy trails with just enough tech to keep you on your toes.