The following walks are (at least in part) suitable using Edinburgh as a transport node. The Fife Coastal Path is eminently feasible as far as Kirkcaldy, and only the area around Fife Ness and west of the Tay Bridge present (not insurmountable) challenges. The Berwickshire Coast Path is all accessible from Edinburgh. as is the John Muir Way, with the possible exception of the stretch between Balloch and Croy. The Borders Abbeys Way is easily accessible from Edinburgh between Selkirk and Melrose: other sections are feasible but will need significant travel to/from daily start/end points.
Routes
Berwickshire Coast Path
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 49km walk between Cockburnspath and Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Borders Abbeys Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A circuit of 103km which links four Borders abbeys.
Cross-Borders Drove Road
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 94km between Kirknewton and Hawick.
Devon Way
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A walk of 11km, almost entirely on railbed, between Alloa and Dollar.
Fife Coastal Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 183km between Kincardine-on-Forth and Newburgh.
Image: Crail Custom House
Forth and Clyde / Union Canal Walk
Length >60km
Max transport gap <10km
A walk of 102km between Bowling and Edinburgh.
John Buchan Way
Length <60km
Max transport gap <30km
A 22km walk between Peebles and Broughton commemorating the novelist and sometime Governor-General of Canada John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940).
Image: John Buchan (public domain)
John Muir Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap > 30km
A walk of 213km walk between Helensburgh and Dunbar.
Image: John Muir mural, Prestonpans
River Avon Heritage Trail (Lothian)
Length <20km
Max transport gap <20km
A 13km walk following the River Avon between Avonbridge and Linlithgow Bridge.
Water of Leith Walkway
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 22km walk following the Water of Leith from Balerno to Leith.
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