Southern Upland Way

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The Southern Upland Way is a long-distance footpath that spans coast-to-coast across the Southern Uplands of Scotland, popular with hikers for its remote landscapes and varied terrain.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf long-distance footpath
national trail
approximateLength 212 miles
340 kilometres
coastToCoast true
country Scotland
crosses M74 motorway NERFINISHED
River Tweed
designation Scotland’s Great Trails
surface form: Scotland's Great Trails
difficulty challenging
endPoint Cockburnspath
hasStage Bargrennan to St John’s Town of Dalry
Beattock to St Mary’s Loch
Castle Kennedy to New Luce
Lauder to Longformacus
Longformacus to Cockburnspath
Melrose to Lauder
New Luce to Bargrennan
Portpatrick to Castle Kennedy
Sanquhar to Wanlockhead
St John’s Town of Dalry to Sanquhar
St Mary’s Loch to Traquair
Traquair to Melrose
Wanlockhead to Beattock
highestPoint Lowther Hill vicinity
locatedIn Southern Uplands
United Kingdom
opened 1984
operator NatureScot
local authorities
passesThrough Dumfries and Galloway NERFINISHED
East Ayrshire NERFINISHED
Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire NERFINISHED
popularWith backpackers
long-distance hikers
region Lowther Hills
startPoint Portpatrick
terrain farmland
forests
hills
moorland
remote landscapes
traverses Southern Uplands
use backpacking
hiking
walking
waymarking thistle symbol

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Southern Uplands traversedBy Southern Upland Way