Walk across Hawick

Explore and experience Hawick by walking one of the many picturesque trails available.

We have walks to suit everyone from easy going short trails to more challenging long walks where experienced walkers and those looking for longer trails can get out and explore the region.

Shankend Viaduct to the Maiden Paps Circular Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 10.11 Miles

Time: 4h 5min

Hornshole Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 5.68 Miles

Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Hornshole Walking Route Loop through Cavers & Ormiston

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 6.40 Miles

Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Miller’s Knowes Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 1.91 Miles

Time: 47min (walk), 16min (run)

Harden Glen Walking Route via Ogilvie Cairn

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 12.31 Miles

Time: 4h 55min

Mosshills Loch (Target Pond) Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 2.90 Miles

Time: 1h 13min

Muirfield Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 12.92 Miles

Time: 4h 57min

Ormiston Loop Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 7.02 Miles

Time: 1h 49min

The Flex Loop Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 4.81 Miles

Time: 1h 53min

Wiltonburn Loop Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 9.94 Miles

Time: 4h 6min

Wiltonburn Loop Walking Route through Borthaugh & Wilton Lodge Park

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 5.04 Miles

Time: 2h 0min

Wilton Dean Loop Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 3.67 Miles

Time: 56min

Appletreehall Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 5.22 Miles

Time: 1h 54min (walk), 45min (run)

Boonraw Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 4.59 Miles

Time: 1h 50min (walk), 40min (run)

Branxholm Bridgend Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 4.89 Miles

Time: 1h 58min (walk), 42min (run)

Joogly Bridge Walking & Running Route through Wilton Lodge Park

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 4.87 Miles

Time: 1h 54min (walk), 42min (run)

Martin’s Bridge Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 3.47 Miles

Time: 1h 20min (walk), 30min (run)

Moat Walking & Running Route through Parkdaill & Wilton Lodge Park

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 4.25 Miles

Time: 1h 6min (walk), 23min (run)

Skelfhill Pen to Tudhope Hill Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 12.49 Miles

Time: 5h 17min

Ettrick and Yarrow Valleys Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 11.70 Miles

Time: 5h 7min

Fatlips Castle Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 1.65 Miles

Time: 47min

Ruberslaw Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 4.76 Miles

Time: 2h 9min

Cauldcleuch Head Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 8.80 Miles

Time: 3h 13min

Ogilvie Cairn on the Hill Road to Roberton Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 12.61 Miles

Time: 4h 54min

Riccarton Junction Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 7.12 Miles

Time: 2h 47min

Ca' Knowe Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 9.43 Miles

Time: 3h 33min

Teviot Stone Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.36 Miles

Time: 2h 35min

Dod Burn Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 5.54 Miles

Time: 2h 29min

Greatmoor Hill Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 13.88 Miles

Time: 6h 10min

Penchrise to Fleety Cottage Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.91 Miles

Time: 3h 50min

Stobbs Circular Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 10.00 Miles

Time: 4h 47min

Kirkton Circular Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 11.82 Miles

Time: 5 hours 30 minutes

Denholm via Ruberslaw Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 11.53 Miles

Time: 5 hours 30 minutes

Teviothead Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 13.53 Miles

Time: 6 hours

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Wilton Dean Loop Walking Route via Leahead Loch

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 5.03 Miles

Time: 2 hours

Seven Trigs of Hawick

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 17.92 Miles

Time: 6 hours 30 minutes

Allan Water Walking Loop

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 3.76 Miles

Time: 2 hours

Duchess Drive Walking Loop

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 7.20 Miles

Time: 3 hours

Ninestone Rig and Will's Bothy

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 7.40 Miles

Time: 3 hours

Hardies Hill Walking & Running Loop

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 4.95 Miles

Time: 2 hours

Craik Forest Aithouse Burn Walking Loop Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 1.58 Miles

Time: 45 minutes

Three Brethern Selkirk & Tibbie Tamson's Grave Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.16 Miles

Time: 2hr 47min

Newmill to Hawick Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 8.18 Miles

Time: 3h 18min

Craik Forest Wolfcleuch Waterfall Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 3.34 Miles

Time: 1h 30min

Skelfhill Pen from Old Northouse Walking & Running Loop Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.70 Miles

Time: 2hr 49min

Ashkirk Circular Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 5.40 Miles

Time: 2hr 7min

Galalaw Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 2.70 Miles

Time: 1hr 6min

Wiltonburn Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 3.99 Miles

Time: 1h 38min

Acreknowe Loch Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 1.95 Miles

Time: 43min

Minto Hills Circular Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 2.41 Miles

Time: 1h 2min

Minto Circular Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 4.70 Miles

Time: 1h 53min

Branxholme Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 5.10 Miles

Time: 2hr 4min

Drinkstone Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.99 Miles

Time: 2hr 50min

Orchard Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 3.48 Miles

Time: 2hr 27min

Hardie's Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 2.25 Miles

Time: 59min

White Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.44 Miles

Time: 6hr 42min

Wiltonburn Hill to Branxholme Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 7.81 Miles

Time: 3h 24min

Cross Border Stones Bore Stone Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 5.39 Miles

Time: 2hr 27min

Cross Border Stones Bloody Bush Toll Stone Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 11.46 Miles

Time: 4hr 35min

Cross Border Stones Kielder Stone from Deadwater Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 9.67 Miles

Time: 4h 7min

Cross Border Stones Kielder Stone from Wauchope Forest Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 9.69 Miles

Time: 4h 2min

Cavers Walking and Running Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 2.03 Miles

Time: 46 minutes

Forty Fits Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 7.89 Miles

Time: 3h 8min

Riccarton Junction Circular Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 7.70 Miles

Time: 3h 2min

Stonedge Circular Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 4.96 Miles

Time: 1hr 56min

Minto Old Graveyard Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 1.32 Miles

Time: 32 minutes

Ashkirk to Hawick Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.25 Miles

Time: 2hr 27min

Cross Border Stones Bloody Bush Toll Stone from Larriston Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 8.53 Miles

Time: 3h 43min

St Leonards Park (Hawick Moor) Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.28 Miles

Time: 2hr 27min

Hawick Common Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 8.80 Miles

Time: 3h 28min

Wauchope Forest Circular Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 1.81 Miles

Time: 45 minutes

Newcastleton Forest Priest Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 2.77 Miles

Time: 1h 07min

Newcastleton Forest Viewpoint & Ponds Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 2.24 Miles

Time: 53 minutes

Newcastleton Forest Hanging Tree Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 2.27 Miles

Time: 53 minutes

Wulliestruther Loch Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 0.85 Miles

Time: 19

Teviothead Circular Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 8.72 Miles

Time: 3h 36min

Seven Trigs of Hawick Anti-Clockwise Circuit Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 18.02 Miles

Time: 7h 35min

Seven Trigs of Hawick Wiltonburn and Drinkstone Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.85 Miles

Time: 2 h 47 min

Seven Trigs of Hawick Galalaw and Drinkstone Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.30 Miles

Time: 2 h 37 min

Seven Trigs of Hawick Hardies Hill, White Hill and Orchard Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 7.15 Miles

Time: 2 h 59 min

Hardies Hill and Orchard Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 4.29 Miles

Time: 2 h 18 min

Newcastleton Mangerton Tower Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 4.46 Miles

Time: 1h 37min

Newcastleton Demainholm Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 3.00 Miles

Time: 1h 05min

Hoscote Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 7.30 Miles

Time: 2h 49min

Borders Abbeys Way Jedburgh to Denholm Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 7.60 Miles

Time: 3h 12min

Border Abbeys Way Hawick to Denholm Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 5.30 Miles

Time: 1h 49min

Borders Abbeys Way Hawick to Selkirk Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 12.20 Miles

Time: 4h 49min

Bedrule from Denholm Circular Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.60 Miles

Time: 2h 45min

Newcastleton Blackburn Falls Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 3.52 Miles

Time: 1h 33min

Newcastleton Dykescroft and Castleton Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.09 Miles

Time: 2hr 15min

Newcastleton River & Woodland Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 2.19 Miles

Time: 48 min

Newcastleton Ettleton Cemetry Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 2.90 Miles

Time: 1hr 5min

Newcastleton Two Bridges Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 1.77 Miles

Time: 39 min

Newcastleton Across the Border Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 11.54 Miles

Time: 4h 20min

Roberton Chapel Hill Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 5.35 Miles

Time: 2h 9min

Newcastleton Raltonside & Blackburn Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 4.58 Miles

Time: 1h 47min

Shankend to Maiden Paps Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.10 Miles

Time: 2h 36min

Newcastleton Forest Cross Border Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 19.64 Miles

Time: 7h 30min

Newcastleton Across the Border Return via Road Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 9.94 Miles

Time: 3h 45min

Wauchope Forest The Cauldron Trail Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 1.81 Miles

Time: 45 min

Roberton Alemoor via Whitslaid Circular Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 7.33 Miles

Time: 2h 52min

Roberton Meadshaw to Craik Circular Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.49 Miles

Time: 2hr 26min

Stobs Camp to Barnes Loch Circular Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 2.96 Miles

Time: 1hr 9min

Roberton Drove Road to Broadlee & Woodburn Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 4.18 Miles

Time: 1hr 37min

Stobs Camp, Penchrise Pen, Peelbraehope and The Tinlee Stone Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 9.16 Miles

Time: 3h 42min

Three Brethern Selkirk from Peel Forest Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 7.43 Miles

Time: 3hr 15min

Three Brethern Selkirk from Peel Hill Walking Route

Difficulty: Advanced

Length: 11.19 Miles

Time: 4hr 44min

Abbotsford House Circular Walking & Running Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 5.15 Miles

Time: 2hr 11min

Adderston Lee Circular Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.95 Miles

Time: 2hr 56min

Braidliehope & Geatmoor Walking Route

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: 6.72 Miles

Time: 3h

Craik Forest Farm Walking Route

Difficulty: Easy

Length: 2.84 Miles

Time: 1h 8min

Walking Trails in Hawick

Shankend Viaduct to the Maiden Paps Circular Walking Loop Route

Hornshole Walking Loop Route

Hornshole Walking Route Loop through Cavers & Ormiston

Miller’s Knowes Walking & Running Route

Harden Glen Walking Route via Ogilvie Cairn

Mosshills Loch (Target Pond) Walking Route

Muirfield Walking Loop Route

Ormiston Loop Walking Route

The Flex Loop Walking Route

Wiltonburn Loop Walking Route

Wiltonburn Loop Walking Route through Borthaugh & Wilton Lodge Park

Wilton Dean Loop Walking Route

Appletreehall Walking & Running Route

Boonraw Walking & Running Route

Branxholm Bridgend Walking & Running Route

Joogly Bridge Walking & Running Route through Wilton Lodge Park

Martin’s Bridge Walking & Running Route

Moat Walking & Running Route through Parkdaill & Wilton Lodge Park

Skelfhill Pen to Tudhope Hill Walking Route

Ettrick and Yarrow Valleys Walking Route

Fatlips Castle Walking Route

Ruberslaw Walking Route

Cauldcleuch Head Walking Loop Route

Ogilvie Cairn on the Hill Road to Roberton Walking Route

Riccarton Junction Walking Route

Ca' Knowe Walking Route

Teviot Stone Walking Loop Route

Dod Burn Walking Loop Route

Greatmoor Hill Walking Loop Route

Penchrise to Fleety Cottage Walking Loop Route

Stobbs Circular Walking Loop Route

Kirkton Circular Walking Loop Route

Denholm via Ruberslaw Walking Route

Teviothead Walking Route

Wilton Dean Loop Walking Route via Leahead Loch

Seven Trigs of Hawick

Allan Water Walking Loop

Duchess Drive Walking Loop

Ninestone Rig and Will's Bothy

Hardies Hill Walking & Running Loop

Craik Forest Aithouse Burn Walking Loop Route

Three Brethern Selkirk & Tibbie Tamson's Grave Walking Route

Newmill to Hawick Walking Route

Craik Forest Wolfcleuch Waterfall Walking Route

Skelfhill Pen from Old Northouse Walking & Running Loop Route

Ashkirk Circular Walking Route

Galalaw Hill Walking & Running Route

Wiltonburn Hill Walking & Running Route

Acreknowe Loch Walking & Running Route

Minto Hills Circular Walking & Running Route

Minto Circular Walking & Running Route

Branxholme Hill Walking & Running Route

Drinkstone Hill Walking & Running Route

Orchard Hill Walking & Running Route

Hardie's Hill Walking & Running Route

White Hill Walking & Running Route

Wiltonburn Hill to Branxholme Hill Walking & Running Route

Cross Border Stones Bore Stone Walking & Running Route

Cross Border Stones Bloody Bush Toll Stone Walking & Running Route

Cross Border Stones Kielder Stone from Deadwater Walking & Running Route

Cross Border Stones Kielder Stone from Wauchope Forest Walking & Running Route

Cavers Walking and Running Route

Forty Fits Walking & Running Route

Riccarton Junction Circular Walking & Running Route

Stonedge Circular Walking Route

Minto Old Graveyard Walking Route

Ashkirk to Hawick Walking Route

Cross Border Stones Bloody Bush Toll Stone from Larriston Walking Route

St Leonards Park (Hawick Moor) Walking & Running Route

Hawick Common Walking & Running Route

Wauchope Forest Circular Walking Route

Newcastleton Forest Priest Hill Walking & Running Route

Newcastleton Forest Viewpoint & Ponds Walking Route

Newcastleton Forest Hanging Tree Walking Route

Wulliestruther Loch Walking Route

Teviothead Circular Walking & Running Route

Seven Trigs of Hawick Anti-Clockwise Circuit Walking & Running Route

Seven Trigs of Hawick Wiltonburn and Drinkstone Hill Walking & Running Route

Seven Trigs of Hawick Galalaw and Drinkstone Hill Walking & Running Route