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Innerleithen And District

Yarrowford Scenic Road – The Meldons Road loop from Innerleithen

Innerleithen And District

Yarrowford Scenic Road – The Meldons Road loop from Innerleithen

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Yarrowford Scenic Road – The Meldons Road loop from Innerleithen

02:31

54.9km

380m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 53.7 km for 8 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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92 m

Yarrowford Scenic Road

Highlight • Trail

Lovely, quiet and great ability to drink in the countryside.

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420 m

Loulabelle’s Café

Highlight • Cafe

A great little cyclist friendly cafe. You can borrow locks from inside. Great menu!

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850 m

Tweed Valley Near Innerleithen

Highlight • River

3.58 km

The Bear Gates, Traquair House

Highlight • Historical Site

THE BEAR GATES OF THE Traquair House—Scotland’s oldest continually inhabited house—have been locked since 1745 on the instruction they remain closed until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne. We may be waiting a long time.

The last direct male descendent of the Stuart Kings died in 1807, so it doesn’t look like the “Steekit Yetts” (that’s Scots for “stuck gates”) will be unstuck any time soon. All entrants to the fortified 12th-century house, from tourists visiting its microbrewery to the current 21st Laird (Lord) of Traquair, have to use the side entrance.

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14.9 km

The Fat Badger

Highlight • Cafe

Famous ice cream shop in the centre of Peebles. A must visit.

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22.7 km

The Meldons Road

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

I tend to ride this the other way, ending in Eddleston, because I for me the Black and White Meldons reveal themselves so much more dramatically. The valley is soaked in pre-history - there are ancient forts on both Melvins, and below them there are burial cairns dotted along the valley. I’ve often wondered whether a certain arrangement of stones right by the roadside is, in fact, a Neolithic ‘causeway’ monument - though it’s not on any list as far as I know. The sum effect, especially if you ride at times when there are relatively few people around (early morning, late afternoon, out of season), is incredibly atmospheric.

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33.2 km

Edston Quarry Plantation

Forest

34.4 km

Blaeberry Wood

Forest

54.4 km

Cycle-Friendly Café in the Scottish Borders

Highlight • Cafe

There’s a love bunch running this cycle friendly cafe. The rum and ginger cake is the best in the world

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54.5 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, really (really) good coffee and a lovely ambience.

Find them at: no1peeblesroad.coffee

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54.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.6 km

13.0 km

6.50 km

2.60 km

109 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

36.9 km

17.8 km

221 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

26°C

12°C

15 %

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Yarrowford Scenic Road – The Meldons Road loop from Innerleithen

Yarrowford Scenic Road

Loulabelle’s Café

Tweed Valley Near Innerleithen

The Bear Gates, Traquair House

The Fat Badger

The Meldons Road

Cycle-Friendly Café in the Scottish Borders

No1 Peebles Road Café

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