Water of Ae Riverside Trail
3.3 miles (5.3 km). About 1 hour, easy.
Start: NX 982 901. Finish: NX 984 894. 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 2.6 miles of the 3.3 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 22 m of climbing and 27 m of descent; highest point 143 m.
Facts
- Code
- SC 1538
- Distance
- 3.3 miles (5.3 km). We measure 2.6 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
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Total ascent
- About 22 m. Highest point 143 m
Getting there
- Bus stops
- Village, 870 m from the start. Directions NX 984 892Post Office, 930 m from the start. Directions NX 983 891
- Car parks
- Car park (pay), 10 m from the start. Directions NX 982 901Car park, 400 m from the start. Directions NX 985 897Car park, 700 m from the start. Directions NX 984 894
Getting back
Stations and bus stops near the finish:
- Bus stops
- Village, 230 m from the finish. Directions NX 984 892Post Office, 310 m from the finish. Directions NX 983 891
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 9 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
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Connecting routes
- UK 028Romans and Reivers RouteStarts on this route at Ae.
- SC 1636Ae Naze TrailShares 0.8 miles of path with this route. Starts and finishes on this route at Naze car park. This route starts on it at Naze car park.
- SC 1515Green Hill Trail, Forest of AeShares 0.6 miles of path with this route.
Walks nearby
- SC 1625Flycatcher Walk, The Hills1 mile. Starts 10.9 miles away
- SC 120Sir Walter Scott WayLong-distance route, 92 miles, one way. Starts 11.4 miles away
- SC 1522Nith View, Mabie4.5 miles. Starts 11.7 miles away
- SC 1608Chinney Field, Mabie1.3 miles, circular. Starts 12 miles away
- SC 1558Dalshinnie Glen, Mabie2.5 miles. Starts 12.5 miles away
- SC 1520Lochaber Trail, Mabie5 miles. Starts 12.5 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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