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Places across Scotland that suit accessible — filtered from the whole living map.

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Duddingston Loch Path (Holyrood Park)

Duddingston, Edinburgh

A quiet loop around a bird sanctuary loch inside Holyrood Park, with Arthur's Seat rising behind the reedbeds. Mostly step-free…

Sunset 22:02
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Almondell & Calderwood Country Park Walk

Broxburn, West Lothian

A wooded river gorge walk past an old aqueduct, easy enough for buggies on the main paths with a cafe and toilets at the visito…

Sunset 22:03
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Loch Leven Heritage Trail (Kinross)

Kinross

A flat surfaced loop around Loch Leven with Mary Queen of Scots' island castle in view for most of it, long enough at 21km for …

Sunset 22:04
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Glasgow Green & River Clyde Walkway

Glasgow Green, Glasgow

A step-free riverside stretch through Glasgow's oldest park, with the Clyde and the Nelson Monument for company and the city ce…

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Kelvingrove Park & River Kelvin Walkway

Kelvingrove, Glasgow

A riverside walk through parkland past the Kelvingrove gallery's sandstone facade and up the wooded gorge toward the university…

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Duck Bay, Loch Lomond

Arden, Loch Lomond

A level marina-side spot for the classic southern view up Loch Lomond, with a restaurant right there for a coffee afterwards. B…

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Falkirk Wheel & Union Canal Towpath

Tamfourhill, Falkirk

A flat step-free towpath past the rotating boat lift itself, an engineering curiosity as much as a walk. Easy for buggies and w…

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Union Canal at Ratho

Ratho, Edinburgh

A flat, sheltered canal paddle from the Ratho basin, about as beginner-friendly as paddling gets, with the Bridge Inn on hand f…

Sunset 22:03
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Kirkcaldy Esplanade

Kirkcaldy

The 'lang toun' promenade runs the length of Kirkcaldy's beach, step-free the whole way and served by the town's rail station a…

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John Muir Way — Prestonpans to Cockenzie

Prestonpans, East Lothian

A flat, easy stretch of the John Muir Way linking Prestonpans to Cockenzie past old harbours, with the Fife coast visible acros…

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Pollok Country Park & White Cart Water

Pollok, Glasgow

Parkland along the White Cart Water with the Burrell Collection and Pollok House as bookends, and Highland cattle grazing the f…

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Mugdock Country Park

Milngavie

Woodland trails around Mugdock Loch and its castle ruin, with the Campsie Fells filling the northern skyline. An easy, mostly s…

Sunset 22:10
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Bo'ness Foreshore & Kinneil Estate Viewpoint

Bo'ness

A level foreshore path around Kinneil Estate looking across the Forth to Fife, with Grangemouth's industrial skyline visible to…

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Corrieshalloch Gorge

Wester Ross, near Ullapool

A short accessible path to a suspension bridge over the Falls of Measach, which drop 45m into a narrow mile-long gorge. Step-fr…

Sunset 22:15
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Bealach na Ba viewpoint

Applecross, Wester Ross

The highest road climb in the UK, with a viewpoint at the top looking out to Skye, Raasay and the Outer Hebrides. No walking ne…

Sunset 22:12
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Loch an Eilein, Rothiemurchus

Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms

A level loop around a loch with a ruined castle on its island, set among some of the oldest Caledonian pines in Rothiemurchus. …

Sunset 21:57
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Bay of Skaill / Skara Brae

West Mainland, Orkney

A sweeping Atlantic-facing bay right beside the Neolithic village of Skara Brae, where the settlement itself was uncovered from…

Sunset 22:12Known hazard
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Ayr Beach (Esplanade)

Ayr

A step-free promenade the length of the beach, with Arran visible across the water. An easy, sociable town swim rather than a w…

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Scott's View

near Melrose, Tweed Valley

The view Sir Walter Scott loved best: the Tweed Valley running to the Eildon Hills, from a roadside car park with a bench. One …

Sunset 22:04
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Ganavan Sands, Oban

Oban

A sandy beach just north of Oban with views out to Mull, Kerrera and Lismore, and the starting point of the Argyll Sea Kayak Tr…

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Broughty Ferry Beach

Broughty Ferry, Dundee

An RNLI-lifeguarded town beach looking across the Tay Estuary to Fife, with Broughty Castle nearby. One of the few lifeguarded …

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Glen Clova Viewpoint (glen head)

Glen Clova, Angus Glens

A roadside view at the head of Glen Clova, taking in the glen's steep glaciated flanks from right by the car park. About as eas…

Sunset 22:08