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.
Forth and Clyde Canal and Union Canal towpaths
- Start: Bowling, West Dunbartonshire
- End: Edinburgh
- Length: 63 miles (101 km)
- Timing: 4 - 5 days
Cutting Scotland in half between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, the Forth & Clyde and Union Canal route follows marvellously engineered and flat towpaths.
National Cycle Route 780 - The Hebridean Way
- Start: Isle of Vatersay, Outer Hebrides
- End: Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides
- Length: 150 miles (240 km)
Enjoy an 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.
National Cycle Route 78 - The Caledonia Way
- Start: Campbeltown, Kintyre
- End: Inverness
- Length: 237 miles (379 km)
Experience Scotland's magical west coast 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.
National Cycle Route 7 - Lochs & Glens
- Start: Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
- End: Inverness
- Length: 601 miles (961 km)
The Lochs and Glens long distance cycling route runs through some of the finest lowland and Highland scenery in Scotland.