Rural Affairs Committee – Outdoor Access Inquiry – call for your views
The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 gives people the right to access most land and inland water in Scotland, as long as they do so responsibly. The Act also places a duty on landowners to responsibly use and manage such land in a way which respects these rights....
Heritage Path for November 2026: Rhenigidale Post Road
Heritage Path of the Month. Rhenigidale Post Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for November 2026. More about the Rhenigidale Post Road: On the public road above Reinigeadal (Rhenigidale), at NB224017, two signs to Urgha and an information board indicate a path....
Philip Lawson (1937-2026)
Recently, we were saddened to learn of the death of our former director and honorary vice-president, John Philip Lawson MBE. Philip Lawson was nominated as a director of the Scottish Rights of Way Society in 1979. He went on to serve as a board member for 30...
Resurveying Comyn’s Road
Colin MacLennan volunteered to resurvey this ancient route, as part of our current Heritage Paths project. “We are now ready to invite volunteers to sign up to resurvey some of our Heritage Paths. We’re starting by focusing on hillier parts of Scotland, but...
Heritage Path for October 2026: Comyn’s Road
Heritage Path of the Month. Comyn's Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for October 2026. More about Comyn's Road: Comyn's Road is a very ancient route from Badenoch to Atholl. Starting from Ruthven, it heads south to Glen Tromie, initially on the same line as the...
Annual General Meeting 2026
The Society’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 21 November 2026 at 2:30pm at Stirling Agricultural Centre. The meeting will be held in hybrid format. If you would like to attend in person, directors and staff would be delighted to meet you. If you are...
Access rights and responsibilities in Glen Lyon, Perthshire
“It is the duty of every owner of land in respect of which access rights are exercisable - (a) to use and manage the land; and (b) otherwise to conduct the ownership of it, in a way which, as respects those rights, is responsible." - Section 3, Land Reform (Scotland)...
Heritage Path for September 2026: Gypsy Glen Drove Road
Heritage Path of the Month. Gypsy Glen Drove Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for September 2026. More about Gypsy Glen Drove Road: Go southeast from Peebles by Springhill Road, then Glen Road and the latter’s continuation by path, crossing the Haystoun Burn;...
Heritage Path for August 2026: Cryne Corse Mounth
Heritage Path of the Month. Cryne Corse Mounth is our Heritage Path of the Month for August 2026. More about Cryne Corse Mounth: This old route leaves a small parking area at its north end and rises up a steep tarmac road which is the access to the Durris...
Uncovering Layers of History Along the Old Drove Roads of Argyll
This article is written by volunteer Laura Thompson. The Drove Roads mentioned in this article are both Scottish Hill Tracks and Heritage Paths. You can find out more about Heritage Paths and explore the interactive map here . You can find out more about the relevant...
Heritage Path for July 2026: Old Cross-country Routes
Heritage Path of the Month. Old Cross-country Routes is our Heritage Path of the Month for July 2026. More about the Old Cross-country Routes: From the car park at Incheril, go up the private road to Heights of Kinlochewe. Take the left-hand track which goes north up...
Tramps and Thieves
Tramps, hawkers, thieves – their journeying has featured in many old songs, and these days I guess we could add baggers to the list. It was Munro-bagging that first led me to one of the longest and finest of the ScotWays Heritage Paths: the 70+ km...
