Scott's View & Dryburgh
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MELROSE AREA ROUTE MAP 2 Scott’s View & Dryburgh DISTANCE LEVEL START/FINISH 13.5 miles / 22km Moderate. St. Dunstan’s Park car park, Mostly low level Melrose TD6 9LF ALTITUDE GAIN route or with some Grid ref NT 545 340 391m climbing on paths and/or public roads B6360 MELROSE ed we T START River y-pass Melrose b Bemersyde Moss Nature Reserve A6091 A68 The Eildon Hills Route info courtesy of Scottish Borders Council. You can find more great cycle routes at cyclescottishborders.com This route passes by Trimontium an outpost of the Roman Empire and the Leaderfoot Viaduct before climbing towards Scott’s View, where you can pause and enjoy the view of the River Tweed as Sir Walter Scott used to. The route loops around Bemersyde Moss Nature Reserve before arriving in Dryburgh where you can pause to see the Abbey. Cross the River Tweed and head towards Newtown St Boswells before passing by the Rhymer’s Stone and returning towards Melrose. TURN RIGHT out of St. Dunstans cyclists may be happier pushing Bemersyde Moss Nature Reserve Park onto the High Street, bear left their bikes up this hill). After about (on the right hand side slightly into Buccleugh Street and turn left a 1/4 mile of ascent, turn right onto further on) to Clintmains. at the far end into Abbey Street . a minor road , then right again Melrose is then soon left behind on at the next junction. Scott’s View TURN RIGHT towards Dryburgh on the pleasant hedge lined road to is reached in a further 1/2 mile, the B6356, which climbs initially, Newstead. Continue uphill through much of it uphill, but this does with the River Tweed and the the village and at the far end, mark the end of any significant Eildons coming into view again. before reaching the bypass, bear climbing for some miles, besides Continue straight on at the next left onto a section of traffic free, giving a superb view of the Eildon junction (the short cut comes in gated road . Hills. A drop and short rise lead to here on the right) and drop down Bemersyde where the route takes to Dryburgh. The entrance to GO PAST the Trimontium stone a left turn . (to shorten the route Dryburgh Abbey is straight on, for and down under the disused but by 31/2 miles and visit Wallace’s Melrose turn right then bear left restored Leaderfoot viaduct to Statue, take a right turn here). at the end of this cul-de-sac onto the south end of Old Drygrange a path leading to a suspension Bridge . Turn left onto the bridge, HEAD EAST along the crest of a bridge crossing of the Tweed . A then right at the far end to join the ridge (extensive views, particularly road on the far side leads to the road to Smailholm. A short descent to the south and the distant A68 trunk road. to cross over the Leader Water is Cheviot). Drop down to Third followed by a steep climb up the Farm, turn right at the ‘T’ junction other side (this road is used by and wind along easily graded lorries to a nearby quarry, so some lanes past Whitrighill Farm and .