Glen Trail, Glentress
2.5 miles (4 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NT 286 404. Finish: NT 286 404. 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 1.4 miles of the 2.5 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 97 m of climbing and 97 m of descent; highest point 251 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1560
- Distance
- 2.5 miles (4 km). We measure 1.4 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 1 hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Scottish Borders
- Total ascent
- About 97 m. Highest point 251 m
Getting there
- Bus stop
- Glentress Hotel, 920 m from the start. Directions NT 283 395
- Car parks
- Red Squirrel Car Park (pay), 160 m from the start. Directions NT 286 402Car park, 200 m from the start. Directions NT 286 402Osprey Car Park (pay), 680 m from the start. Directions NT 282 398
Getting back
We found no bus stop within 3 km of the finish and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap), so plan a lift or a taxi back.
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 71 m in a kilometre (1 in 14), starting 0.5 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Walks nearby
- SC 1510Tower Trail, Glentress9 miles. Starts 0.7 miles away
- SC 1573Time Trail, Glentress2.3 miles. Starts 0.7 miles away
- SC 1529Pikes Knowe Trail, Cardrona4 miles. Starts 1.3 miles away
- SC 1586Pen View Trail, Cardrona1.8 miles. Starts 1.3 miles away
- SC 1559Fergus's Trail, Cardrona2.5 miles. Starts 1.3 miles away
- SC 1493Tweed Valley Railway Path6 miles, one way. Starts 1.6 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?
Tell us what to change about this walk: a wrong distance, a moved start, a path that's closed.