Tower Trail, Glentress
9 miles (14.5 km). About 4 hours, moderate.
Start: NT 277 411. Finish: NT 274 426. 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 6.1 miles of the 9 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
About 492 m of climbing and 531 m of descent; highest point 559 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1510
- Distance
- 9 miles (14.5 km). We measure 6.1 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryandland.gov.scot
- Walking time
- About 4 hours
- Difficulty
- Moderate (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- Scotland
- County
- Scottish Borders
- Total ascent
- About 492 m. Highest point 559 m
Getting there
- Car park
- Buzzard's Nest (pay), 40 m from the start. Directions NT 277 411
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at Gasworks, 1.4 km away (Directions).
Getting back
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the finish. Nearest: the bus stop at Crossburn Garage, 2.6 km away (Directions).
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 118 m in a kilometre (1 in 8), starting 0.5 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- SC 1573Time Trail, GlentressStarts and finishes on this route at Glentress Gateway. This route starts on it at Glentress Gateway.
Walks nearby
- SC 1560Glen Trail, Glentress2.5 miles. Starts 0.7 miles away
- SC 1493Tweed Valley Railway Path6 miles, one way. Starts 1.1 miles away
- SC 1529Pikes Knowe Trail, Cardrona4 miles. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SC 1586Pen View Trail, Cardrona1.8 miles. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SC 1559Fergus's Trail, Cardrona2.5 miles. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SC 1005John Buchan Way13 miles, one way. Starts 1.9 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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