This region comprises Scotland south of the Sound of Mull, the A85 from Oban to Perth, and the Firth of Tay, and to the north of the Forth and Clyde Canal (and of the Firths of Clyde and Forth beyond the ends of the canal).
Neighbouring regions are
Routes
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Ayrshire Coastal Path
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 146km between Wemyss Bay and Glenapp.
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.
Great Trossachs Path
A walk of 45km between Inversnaid and Callander.
The route links at its west end with the West Highland Way and at its east end with the Rob Roy Way (and by ferry with the Loch Lomond and Cowal Way and the Three Lochs Way at Inveruglas). Though there are buses in Callander and (in summer) a waterbus (by prior booking) across Loch Lomond at Inversnaid, the lack of public transport between the endpoints causes us to determine that this route does not qualify as a Green Walk.
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
Kelvin Walkway
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A 16km walk between Milngavie and the outflow of the River Kelvin into the Clyde at Partick.
Loch Lomond and Cowal Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap > 30km
A walk of 92km walk between Portavadie and Inveruglas.
Loch Ryan Coastal Path
Length <20km
Max transport gap <10km
A walk of 19km between Glenapp and Stranraer.
Mull of Galloway Trail
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 57km between Glenapp and the Mull of Galloway.
Pennine Way
A walk of 422km between Edale and Kirk Yetholm; this National Trail does not qualify as a Green Walk. In addition to the 45km gap between Byrness (sketchy bus service) and Kirk Yetholm, buses connect with different settlements from the next access point in many areas.
River Avon Heritage Trail (Lothian)
Length <20km
Max transport gap <20km
A 13km walk following the River Avon between Avonbridge and Linlithgow Bridge.
Rob Roy Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 127km walk between Drymen and Pitlochry, in the (approximate) footsteps of Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734).
Image: Rob Roy MacGregor, by WH Worthington
(public domain)
Romans and Reivers Route
A walk of 84km from Ae to Hawick, this National Trail does not qualify as a Green Walk because public transport only connects at Beattock/Moffat, Eskdalemuir and Hawick (without any service at the Ae terminus).
St Cuthbert’s Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap >20km
A walk of 105km between Melrose and Lindisfarne.
Southern Upland Way
A walk of 344km between Portpatrick and Cockburnspath. Due to several great gaps in public transport services (two consecutive gaps of over 40km either side of Sanquhar and the 56km between Lauder and Cockburnspath), this route does not qualify as a Green Walk (though it remains an outstanding traverse).
Three Lochs Way
Length <60km
Max transport gap <20km
A 50km walk between Helensburgh and Inveruglas.
Image: Helensburgh
Water of Leith Walkway
Length <60km
Max transport gap <10km
A 22km walk following the Water of Leith from Balerno to Leith.
West Highland Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap <20km
A walk of 154km between Milngavie and Fort William.
Whithorn Way
Length >60km
Max transport gap > 30km
A walk of 240km between Glasgow and Isle of Whithorn.
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