sign in sign up
<<
Home , Pentland Hills

Horse riding in the Pentland Hills Regional Park

www.pentlandhills.org

For more information on horse riding routes contact Helene Mauchlen Contact us National Manager for British Horse Society Pentland Hills Regional Park HQ Woodburn Farm Hermitage of Braid Crieff 69a Braid Road Perthshire PH7 3RG EH10 6JF Telephone: 01764 656 334 Telephone: 0131 529 2401 Mobile: 07808 141 077 Duty officer:07798 505301 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] www.bhsscotland.org.uk www.pentlandhills.org

Designed by the City of Edinburgh Council. Corporate Governance 19.038/CE/SG/March2019. For more information on the Printed by the City of Edinburgh Council Print Services. Castlelaw Ranges and Defence Training Area contact Castlelaw/Dreghorn Training Area UK Defence Training Estate Forthview House Supported by 30 Hilton Road Rosyth KY11 2BL Telephone: 01383 648003 Telephone (Range Control): 0131 445 2169 email: [email protected]

You can get this document on tape, in Braille, large print and various computer formats if you ask us. Please contact the Interpretation and Translation Service (ITS) on 0131 242 8181 and quote reference number 18-4661. The ITS can also give information on community language translations. Horse riders have the right to access Respect other people most land in Scotland, including the and take care of the Pentland Hills Regional Park, as long environment • Please don’t scare farm animals or as they act responsibly. wildlife. Take extra care during lambing season (April to June), bird nesting season (April to July) and tupping The Pentland Hills has a long tradition Take responsibility (November to December). of people using the hills for a range of recreational activities. With over 100 for yourself • If you have a dog, always keep it under kilometres (60 miles) of paths in the proper control and remove your dog’s • Be aware of the weather forecast before faeces. Know the code Regional Park, there are many paths you set out. suitable for horse riders, cyclists and • Take care to avoid going onto wet, Enjoy Scotland’s outdoors • Make sure you are suitably equipped walkers. Whether you’re looking for a boggy or soft ground and churning up responsibly short or a more challenging ride, there for the hills, including high visibility the surface. clothing. Mobile phones are useful in are routes for all levels and abilities. Everyone has the right to be on most an emergency but be aware that some • Don’t go into fields where there are land and inland water as long as they areas have no reception. grazing horses or animals that might be act responsibly. Your access rights and Please ride responsibly and help us a danger. keep the Pentlands a great place for • Plan your route. Avoid livestock, boggy responsibilities are explained fully in everyone to enjoy. or soft ground and look out for other hill • Keep in single file and close to the edge the Scottish Outdoor Access Code. users. of field margins when accessing fields growing crops. Whether you’re in the outdoors or • Make sure your horse is fit to do the managing the outdoors, the key planned route. • Follow any reasonable advice land things are to: • Tell someone where you are going and management signs. when you expect to return. • take responsibility for your own actions • respect the interests of other people Whether you are looking • care for the environment. for a short or a more You can find out more by visiting: challenging ride, there www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot or you can contact your local are routes for all levels Scottish Natural Heritage office on telephone: 0131 316 2600 and abilities. or email: [email protected] for a free copy of the full code. EDINBURGH Path Information y alkwa LB Swanston Roads, mostly private, expect to meet cars A 720 City LB By-pass LB HARLAW HOUSE W Surfaced paths or tracks VISITOR CENTRE PP P Lothianburn Torphin Bonaly Tower P Dreghorn Junction (EH14 7AS) Torduff PP Unsurfaced paths or tracks. These paths may be steep, rough Opening Hours Reservoir or uneven. Beware of boggy sections in wet weather Monday to Sunday Easter PP 10.30am-3.30pm Kinleith Warklaw Swanston Hill Water of Leith Clubbiedean LB Park boundary Howden Burn Wester Reservoir Bonaly Country T. Wood P Kinleith Fort Burn Dean P Park Hillend LB Damhead Defence training area A70 Ski Lift Country Allermuir Hill Park Bonaly Cairn buses Reservoir LB Caerketton Hill

BALERNO A 703 Glenbrook Capelaw Hill Stagecoach buses Boghall Burn LB P A 702 Parking P Harbour P WC Hill Phantom's P B 7031 Castlelaw Boghall Harlaw Cleugh Woodhouselee WC Toilets Reservoir Maiden's Hill Hill R Z Dens Cleugh GE O N N A E

RIFLE Cleugh D

D Bell's RANGES A N E P Black Hill G N ER ZO Easter Threipmuir Springs Fort & East Haugh Souterrain PP Reservoir Kirkton Howgate Red Moss P P Bavelaw Reservoir Castlelaw FLOTTERSTONE Leithhead Cock Burn Marsh Black Buteland Hill P INFORMATION Easter WC POINT AND CAFE Ruins Bavelaw Inn (EH26 0PP) Wester Green Turnhouse Bavelaw Logan Burn P Little Vantage Bavelaw Cleugh Hill Martyrs' Castle Monument Bavelaw Howlet's Mill House Loganlea Reservoir Fort Rullion Green The Howe Carnethy Hare Hill Waterfalls Bavelaw Burn Hill Auchinoon Water of Leith Listonshiels Dean Burn Temple Hill Old Kirk Scald Law Road Harperrig Logan Burn Reservoir Harperrig East Kip P Baad Park Burn West Kip 550m-600m Mid Hill Kitchen Moss A 702 (T) Cairns South Black Hill Silverburn Eastside 500m-550m Westside Bore Stane Cap Law Fort & 450m-500m Cairn Settlement West Cairns Plantation East Cairn Green Law Monks Rig

Monks Burn Hill Font Stone Braid Law 400m-450m Henshaw Burn Eight Mile Quarrel Burn Res Burn Gutterford Burn Spittal Hill 350m-400m Water of Leith NORTH A 786

West Cairn North Esk 300m-350m Hill Reservoir P 250m-300m Patie's Spittal Hill 200m-250m

Fairliehope 150m-200m

0 1 234 100m-150m Inn Kilometres

P 01 23 Wooded Areas Miles