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View of Abbotsford House – River Ettrick loop from Melrose

View of Abbotsford House – River Ettrick loop from Melrose

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View of Abbotsford House – River Ettrick loop from Melrose

01:55

39.1km

310m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.76 km

View of Abbotsford House

Highlight • Castle

Abbotsford is the preserved home of the man who popularised tartan, saved Scottish bank notes and was a celebrated novelist: Sir Walter Scott.

Admission to the house, chapel and gardens …

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8.14 km

Old Tweed Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Can fly along this car free section as long as you keep an eye on the surface. Beautiful old bridges at either end.

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8.61 km

River Ettrick

Highlight • River

River Ettrick is noted for its salmon and trout fishing

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8.81 km

Lindean Hill

Highlight • Summit

Lindean hill. This is a cracking hill that keeps on going and going. Some great steep sections

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18.9 km

View of the River Tweed from Yair Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

This splendid summer scene shows the photogenic River Tweed viewed west from Yair Bridge in the scenic Scottish Borders.

The Tweed is one of the longest rivers in Britain and …

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20.8 km

Beidpath Plantation

Forest

30.2 km

Bank Street Café and Waffle House

Highlight • Cafe

Such waffles as have rarely been seen this far from their natural home. Enormous confections, draped in maple syrup, or other toppings of your choice! Big enough to share by …

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35.7 km

Tweedbank Station

Highlight • Rest Area

A train station might not be the most glamorous of highlights to visit, but it's more about what it enables you to do.

Tweedbank Station is the southern terminus of …

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38.1 km

Melrose Rugby Football Club (The Greenyards)

Highlight • Other

The Melrose rugby ground is called the Greenyards. It is the home of the Melrose Rugby Football Club and the birthplace of the sport of rugby sevens.

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39.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.0 km

10.2 km

6.26 km

1.75 km

973 m

Surfaces

30.3 km

8.12 km

770 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Tuesday 1 September

17°C

12°C

97 %

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View of Abbotsford House – River Ettrick loop from Melrose

View of Abbotsford House

Old Tweed Bridge

River Ettrick

Lindean Hill

View of the River Tweed from Yair Bridge

Bank Street Café and Waffle House

Tweedbank Station

Melrose Rugby Football Club (The Greenyards)

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