Distance: 250 km Grade: 3 (Moderate)

St Wilfrids Way NEW
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Description:

A trail about 250 kms through diverse landscape and historic towns. Starting from Hexham Abbey, dating back to 674 AD, the route goes north until it joins Hadrian’s Wall for a few miles until it meets the Pennine way and strikes north. After 50 kilometres the route runs into a Roman Road nearly all the way to Jedburgh where it joins the Borders Abbeys Way to Selkirk. Then by track a few kilometres north to join the Southern Upland Way going west to Innerleithen where it meets a bike track all the way to Peebles. Then after hill tracks and bike routes to Rosslyn Chapel, into the Pentland Hills and along the Waters of Leith to the centre of Edinburgh.

Stages:

  1. Hexham - Once Brewed 25 km
  2. Once Brewed - Bellingham 24 km
  3. Bellingham - Byrness 24 km
  4. Byrness - Jedburgh 31 km
  5. Jedburgh - Hawick 21 km
  6. Hawick - Selkirk 19 km
  7. Selkirk - Peebles 31 km
  8. Peebles - Roslin 33 km
  9. Roslin - Edinburgh 26 km