Walking in the Pentland Hills
30 walks in Edinburgh's local hills
Walking in the Pentland Hills
30 walks in Edinburgh's local hills
Guidebook featuring 30 circular walks on Scotland's Pentland Hills, easily accessible from Edinburgh and home to peaks such as Scald Law and Carnethy Hill. Ranging from 2 to 17 miles, the routes are suitable for all abilities. Written by a local Countryside Ranger, the routes offer interesting and varied walking through diverse landscapes.A guidebook to 30 circular walks in Scotland's Pentland Hills. Exploring the beautiful scenery of Edinburgh’s local hills, the routes are suitable for walkers of all abilities and are perfect for walking year-round.
The day walks, all easily accessible from Edinburgh, range from 3-27km (2-17 miles) and can be enjoyed in 1-8 hours.
- 1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk
- Easy access from Penicuik, West Linton, Lanark, Biggar
- Information given on local geology and cultural history
- Highlights include Scald Law and Carnethy Hill
- Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
Printed book
A guidebook with detailed route descriptions, stage breakdowns, accommodation listings, profiles and maps - everything you need on the trail.
ISBN
9781852848675
Availability
Published
Published
7 Oct 2016
Edition
Second
Pages
176
Size
17.20 x 11.60 x 1.10cm
Weight
200g
eBook
The complete digital edition of the guidebook, with full route descriptions, accommodation listings, profiles and maps, ready to use on any device.
Introduction
Approaches and Accommodation
Choosing a Walk
Access Rights and Responsibilities
Weather
Equipment
Following a Route
Geology and Landscape
Cultural Heritage
Place Names and Dialect Words
Old Maps
Previous Pentlands Guidebooks
Literary Connections with the Pentland Hills
Protecting and Enjoying the Hills
Wildlife
THE WALKS
Walk 1 A Capital View
Walk 2 In Stevenson's Footsteps
Walk 3 Hill, Moor and Wood
Walk 4 Three Reservoirs
Walk 5 A Phantom Walk
Walk 6 Harlaw Reservoir Circuit
Walk 7 Black Hill, Green Cleuch and Red Moss
Walk 8 Carnethy and Turnhouse
Walk 9 Three Peaks
Walk 10 Pentland Classic
Walk 11 Thieves' Road
Walk 12 West Linton and Siller Holes
Walk 13 Roman Road
Walk 14 Covenanters and Cairns
Walk 15 Walking with Wolves
Walk 16 Poets and Witches
Walk 17 North Esk Valley
Walk 18 The Monks' Road
Walk 19 The Four Tops
Walk 20 The Carnethy 5
Walk 21 Carnethy Canter
Walk 22 History in the Hills
Walk 23 Flotterstone and Fala Knowe
Walk 24 Two Cleuchs
Walk 25 Pentland Tops
Walk 26 Historical Hike
Walk 27 Exploring Caerketton
Walk 28 Find Your Way
Walk 29 Reservoir Round
Walk 30 Robin's Round
Appendix 1: Route Summary Table
Appendix 2: Bibliography
Appendix 3: Glossary
Seasons
All seasons - a mild climate with little snow
Centres
Edinburgh, Penicuik, West Linton, Lanark
Difficulty
A basic level of navigational skills is required, but the routes should not cause any wayfinding difficulties. Height mainly 400-550m.
Must See
Archaeological remains, historical and folkloric associations, castles, literary connections (Scott and RL Stevenson), views from the tops, wildlife
July 2021
2021 reprint route updates
867 reprint 2021 (235.057 KB)
March 2021
Walk 14 Covenanters and cairns
Walk 14
This update refers to all editions and printings. Please note this new route variation avoiding the farm steading at Medwynhead.
Walk 14
Paragraphs 5 and 6
Paragraph 5 should now read:
The Covenanter’s Grave can be tricky to locate. From the main track a wooden crossroads sign at NT082515 indicates Crosswood via the Covenanter’s Grave. Ascend up through the heather and grass towards a line of tall wooden sight posts on the brow of the hill.
IGNORE THIS original wording for paragraph 6 AND USE NEW ROUTE BELOW– Head back along the track, crossing Medwin Water and with the trees surrounding Medwynhead on your right. Go past the end of a plantation and leave the track just beyond a gate. Pick up a faint ATV track and cross boggy ground around the periphery of the fence until you reach a track going due south to the trees atLocket Gate Wood(see OS 344).
Keep on this track as it goes left past another small wood. At the buildings at Medwynhead keep left through the farm steading and come out opposite a lake. From the lake take a track that goes to the left, uphill alongside yet another conifer plantation.
New paragraph 6 route – From the crossroads sign adjacent to the track, follow the indicator directing you south east to Dolphinton via Garvald. There is a line of guideposts across the heather and in places boggy ground. The path becomes faint and can be difficult to locate but chose a line between the posts. The path follows the burn to your right and you’ll eventually reach another signpost. Go through the gate next to the signpost following the sign to Dolphinton and West Linton. After a few metres go right at the next waymarker and cross a wooden footbridge. From here follow the waymarkers to Garvald Home Farm. At the signpost follow the indicator to West Linton 4 miles.
Take the track going between two stone pillars. When the track divides, go straight along between another pair of stone pillars with the name Ferniehaugh.
Walk up the track to a small lake and keep heading uphill to the north of a conifer plantation.
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