Cross Border Trail, Newcastleton
17.5 miles (28.2 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Newcastleton. About 7 hours, challenging.
Start: NY 501 874, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Map incomplete. Forestry and Land Scotland’s line for this walk is about 6.8 miles of the 17.5 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 280 m of climbing and 155 m of descent; highest point 314 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1508
- Distance
- 17.5 miles (28.2 km). We measure 6.8 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- About 7 hours
- Difficulty
- Challenging (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Waymark
- Waymarkers with purple arrows
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Scottish Borders
- Total ascent
- About 280 m. Highest point 314 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car park
- Car park, 800 m from the start. Directions NY 506 881
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Douglas Square, 1.9 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 45 m in a kilometre (1 in 22), starting 1 mile in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- SC 1561Hanging Tree Trail, Newcastleton2.5 miles, circular. Starts 0.5 miles away
- NE 1121Falstone Trail15.1 miles, circular. Starts 8.6 miles away
- NE 109Lakeside WayLong-distance route, 26 miles, circular. Starts 8.7 miles away
- NE 1127Skyspace Walk, Kielder4 miles. Starts 8.9 miles away
- NE 1124Deadwater Walk, Kielder8 miles. Starts 8.9 miles away
- NE 1131Duchess Trail, Kielder2 miles. Starts 8.9 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryandland.gov.scot on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry and Land Scotland, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry and Land Scotland).
- Facts: forestryandland.gov.scot
Something wrong or missing?
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