The line is OpenStreetMap's mapping of the route (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), via Waymarked Trails, with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check the current official route before a long trip: diversions and permitted paths change. See the source.
Stages
A suggested split into 10 days of about 21 km (13 mi) each. The days are equal shares of the distance, not official stages. Each ends near the town or village named.
- Day 1 Helensburgh to Gartocharn 21 km · 21 km from the start
- Day 2 Gartocharn to Mugdock 21 km · 43 km from the start
- Day 3 Mugdock to Cumbernauld 21 km · 64 km from the start
- Day 4 Cumbernauld to Falkirk 21 km · 85 km from the start
- Day 5 Falkirk to Bo'ness 21 km · 106 km from the start
- Day 6 Bo'ness to City of Edinburgh 21 km · 128 km from the start
- Day 7 City of Edinburgh to an unnamed point 21 km · 149 km from the start
- Day 8 An unnamed point to Longniddry Village 21 km · 170 km from the start
- Day 9 Longniddry Village to North Berwick 21 km · 192 km from the start
- Day 10 North Berwick to Dunbar 21 km · 213 km from the start
Summits on the way
- Gouk Hill · 8.2 km from the start
- Carbeth Hill · 38 km from the start
- Dunglass · 45 km from the start
- Pepper Hill · 100 km from the start
- Corstorphine Hill 162 m · 137 km from the start
Tops within 300 m of the line. Summits from OpenStreetMap.
Start and finish
Start: near Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute. 56.00321, -4.73593
Finish: near Dunbar, East Lothian. 56.00296, -2.51660
Places to stay
Rooms in the towns and villages along the way:
- Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute · The start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Gartocharn, West Dunbartonshire · After day 1 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Mugdock, Stirling · After day 2 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire · After day 3 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Falkirk, Scotland · After day 4 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Bo'ness, Falkirk · After day 5 Booking.com → Expedia →
- City of Edinburgh, Scotland · After day 6 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Longniddry Village, East Lothian · After day 8 Booking.com → Expedia →
- North Berwick, East Lothian · After day 9 Booking.com → Expedia →
- Dunbar, East Lothian · The finish Booking.com → Expedia →
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
