Explore easy-going long distance routes that lie along some of our former railway lines, canal towpaths and quiet country roads, where the attractions and scenery will take your breath away.
Caledonian Canal
- Start: Fort William
- End: Inverness
- Length: 60 miles (96 km)
- Timing: 5 days
An engineering marvel, built by Thomas Telford, the Caledonian Canal runs through Neptune's Staircase and past lochs Lochy, Oich, Ness and Dochfour, before meeting the Moray Firth at Inverness.
Dava Way
- Start: Forres
- End: Grantown-on-Spey
- Length: 24 miles (38 km)
- Timing: 2 days
The Dava Way, through Speyside and the Cairngorms National Park, follows the old Highland Railway line, climbing from sea level to 1050 feet at Dava summit.
Formartine & Buchan Way
- Start: Dyce, near Aberdeen
- End: Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
- Length: 40 miles (64km) - with 13-mile (21 km) spur option from Maud to Peterhead
- Timing: 3 - 4 days
Passing through some lovely Aberdeenshire countryside, this route runs along the old Formartine & Buchan railway line.
Crinan Canal
- Start: Crinan
- End: Ardrishaig
- Length: 9 miles (14 km)
- Timing: 1 day
Set amidst breathtaking Argyll scenery, cross the Mull of Kintyre on the short but rewarding Crinan Canal towpath.
Union and Forth & Clyde Canal Towpaths
- Start: Bowling, West Dunbartonshire
- End: Edinburgh
- Length: 62 miles (100 km)
- Timing: 4 - 5 days
Cutting Scotland in half between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, the Union and Forth & Clyde Canal Towpath route follows marvellously engineered and flat towpaths.
The Hebridean Way
- Start: Isle of Vatersay, Outer Hebrides
- End: Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
- Length: 150 miles (240 km)
- Timing: 6 days
Enjoy a two-wheeled island odyssey like no other exploring the Outer Hebrides archipelago along the awesome Hebridean Way. This epic route, on the very edge of Europe, uses causeways and ferries to hop between islands.
The Caledonia Way
- Start: Campbeltown, Kintyre
- End: Inverness
- Length: 237 miles (379 km)
- Timing: 6 - 11 days
Experience Scotland's magical west coast by bike along the Caledonia Way. From the quiet roads and captivating coastline of Kintyre, to the lochs and mountains of Argyll and The Highlands, this is a route to savour.
The Lochs & Glens Way
- Start: Glasgow
- End: Inverness
- Length: 215 miles (346 km)
- Timing: 5 - 12 days
The Lochs and Glens Way long distance cycling route runs through some of the finest central belt and Highlands scenery and crosses through Scotland's two national parks.