Three volcanic-plug summits above Melrose, climbed straight from the town with Melrose Abbey visible below. A proper but achievable moderate walk, with a 360-degree Borders panorama at the top on a clear day.
Iconic three-peaked Borders hill above Melrose, extremely well-known, robust and legal.
Melrose town car parks; walk starts from town.
Waymarked path from Melrose (near the Abbey) up to the Eildons.
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 …
Innerleithen
Where the Leithen meets the Tweed at Innerleithen, with placid channels near the confluence and a deeper pool further up by an …
Peebles
A town put-in at Tweed Green in Peebles, with views downstream toward Neidpath Castle. River grade and flow shift with recent r…