Pikes Knowe Trail, Cardrona
4 miles (6.4 km). About 2 hours, easy.
Start: NT 292 384. Finish: NT 299 379. 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 2.9 miles of the 4 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 213 m of climbing and 103 m of descent; highest point 321 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1529
- Distance
- 4 miles (6.4 km). We measure 2.9 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 2 hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Scottish Borders
- Total ascent
- About 213 m. Highest point 321 m
Getting there
- Car parks
- Car park, 70 m from the start. Directions NT 292 384Car park, 850 m from the start. Directions NT 294 392Car park, 890 m from the start. Directions NT 295 392
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Old Station, 1 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: the bus stop at Village Hall, 1 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 89 m in a kilometre (1 in 11), from the start.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1559Fergus's Trail, CardronaShares 1.2 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Cardrona car park and Cardrona. This route starts and finishes on it at Cardrona car park and Cardrona.
- SC 1586Pen View Trail, CardronaShares 0.8 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Cardrona car park and Cardrona. This route starts on it at Cardrona car park.
Walks nearby
- SC 1560Glen Trail, Glentress2.5 miles. Starts 1.3 miles away
- SC 1510Tower Trail, Glentress9 miles. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SC 1573Time Trail, Glentress2.3 miles. Starts 2 miles away
- SC 1493Tweed Valley Railway Path6 miles, one way. Starts 2.3 miles away
- SC 1642Pirn Hill Trail0.8 miles. Starts 2.6 miles away
- SC 1378Tantah's Trail1.3 miles, circular. Starts 2.9 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
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