Moffat Attractions - Walking

 

A local Moffat resident has written a lovely poem about walking in the Moffat hills.  We hope you will enjoy reading The Magic Moffat Hills.

2012 Walking Festival

The date of the 2012 Moffat Ramblers' Walking Festival has just been set.  We are returning to our traditional timing of it starting on the first Friday in October and will therefore be 5th - 7th October. 2012.  More details will appear here in Spring 2012.

Any new information will also appear on the Moffat Initiative Facebook page.

For your information and interest, below are links to maps of a number of the walks that were included in the 2011 Festival.  

Walking Festival Walk 1:  Tibbie Shields - Southern Upland Way to Scableuch - Potburn - Bodesbeck.  The map for this section is in 3 sections:

Start section

Centre section

End Section

Walking Festival Walk 2:  Chapel Farm - Roman Road to Braehead - return via Old Edinburgh Coach Road to Meikleholmside

Walking Festival Walk 3:  Dumcrieff - Crofthead via Southern Upland Way - return using new alternative route via Craigbeck Rig to Craigbeck 

Walking Festival Walk 5: Annandale Way- Newbie to Hoddom is in 2 sections:

Start Section

End Section

Walking Festival Walk 6:  Annandale Way - Lochmaben to Hoddom is in 2 sections:

Start Section

End Section

Walking Festival Walk 7: The Marches Walk starting at Glenholm Wildlife Centre

Walking Festival Walk 8:  Circular walk around Moffat's boundaries

Walks on Sunday 11 September 2011

Walking Festival Walk 9:  Breconside - Wintergill Head - Bellcraig Linn. 

Walking Festival Walk 10:  Circular walk starting at Glenochar near Lowther Hills

Walking Festival Walk 11:  Fruid Reservoir - Crown of Scotland - Chalk Rig Edge - Devil's Beef Tub.  The map for this walk is in 2 sections:

Walk 11 start section

Walk 11 end section

Walking Festival Walk 14:  Menzion Valley walk in Tweedsmuir

Walking Festival Walk 15:  Golf Course - Garpol Glen - Castle Ruins - Auchencastle - cross M74 - Fullshaw Bridge - Chapel Farm - Moffat

Walking Festival Walk 16:  Lochwood Oaks - Park Bridge - Cauldholm - Weatherlaw Knowe - Stainsheilrig to Crooked Road - Moffat.  The map for this walk is in 2 sections:

Walk 16 start section

Walk 16 end section

Moffat, Scotland's first "Walkers are Welcome town"  and the surrounding Moffat hills present a haven for walkers of all abilities, the clean Scottish air, stunning scenery and timeless beauty is awe inspiring. Whether for a day's hiking or a short stroll in unspoilt countryside, Moffat is the perfect place to experience a truly memorable walking holiday.

Comfortable walker friendly accommodation, ranging from camping sites to top class hotels together with a choice of great places to eat is available to suit all budgets, making Moffat a jewel in southern Scotland.

Moffat, as well as other towns in the Walkers are Welcome towns' network were featured in an article in The Great Outdoors magazine in November 2011.  Please click on WALKERS ARE WELCOME to read this interesting article.

Wednesday Walks and Moffat Ramblers
Details of the Moffat Ramblers' twice-monthly walks and Better4Walking Wednesday walks from October to December 2011 inclusive can be viewed by selecting: Moffat Walking

Moffat - Suggested Walking Routes

Hill Walking around Moffat

Some year's ago, ardent local walker Andy Armstrong researched and created a series of leaflets of places to which people could walk, cycle or drive from Moffat.

The result is the "Take 5" series, comprising;

Details of the walks can be printed off from here.  The series of pamphlets that comprise Gentle, Slightly Longer, Strenuous, Using the Southern Upland Way, From the Car, Drives and Cycle Rides, are also available free of charge from Moffat Book Exchange in Moffat's Well Street..