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Heritage Path for September 2024: Devil’s Staircase
Heritage Path of the Month. Devil's Staircase is our Heritage Path of the Month for September 2024, click here to view the details More about Devil's Staircase: Leaving the Kingshouse, cross the River Etive by the old bridge and head north then west to within 300m of...
Heritage Path for August 2024: The Wallace Road
Heritage Path of the Month. The Wallace Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for August 2024, click here to view the details More about The Wallace Road: Starting from Glenfarg, head north along the B996, then take the left up the Wicks O' Baiglie road. After about...
ScotWays Helps Preserve Key Short Cut into Ayr Town Centre
In mid-February, ScotWays was informed by a member of the public about a proposal to install security shutters across the interior of a shopping arcade in Ayr town centre, which would be locked at night. In its planning application to South Ayrshire Council, the Lorne...
Heritage Path for July 2024: Comrie to Callander Hill Track
Heritage Path of the month. Comrie to Callander Hill Track is our Heritage Path of the month for July 2024, click here to view the details. More about Comrie to Callander Hill Track Here the route is described from Callander to Comrie: From Callander take the narrow...
Network Rail and level crossings
Our attention was recently drawn to an article in the Spring 2024 issue of Land Business, the Scottish Land & Estates magazine. The article, placed by Network Rail, was entitled “A 200-year-old concept that still exists on Scotland’s Railway” and set out Network...
Heritage Path for June 2024: Midmuir Drove Road
Heritage Path of the Month. Midmuir Drove Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for June 2024, click here to view the details. More about Midmuir Drove Road: From Kilmore take the rough road which heads generally ESE towards Musdale. At NM927234, near Creag Mhor, the...
Heritage Path for May 2024: Enterkin Pass
Heritage Path of the Month. Enterkin Pass is our Heritage Path of the Month for May 2024, click here to view the details. More about Enterkin Pass: On the east side of Wanlockhead, a Southern Upland Way signpost indicates a route leading southeast round the west side...
Join our Board of Directors
We are looking for people to join our Board of Directors. If you are interested in outdoor access and think that you could contribute positively to our activities, we would be pleased to hear from you. Board meetings are held in Edinburgh four or five times a...
The Power of the People
Today 24 April marks the 92nd anniversary of a landmark battle in outdoor access history - Kinder Scout. On that day in 1932, a group of around 500 people headed up to trespass on Kinder Scout demanding their right of access. It’s lauded as a landmark event, and...
Heritage Path for April 2024: Boston Cottage Drove Road
Heritage Path of the Month. Boston Cottage Drove Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for April 2024, click here to view the details More about the Boston Cottage Drove Road From NS994524 (2km south of Auchengray) go east by Kings Inn Terrace and along the farm road...
SOAC gives no right of access to land.
There’s an increasing trend where people tell you that you have a right of access to land under the Scottish Outdoor Access Code (SOAC), but it’s not true and never has been. Contrary to what you may read in the press, social media and on some signs, the SOAC...
Heritage Path for March 2024: Herring Road
Heritage Path of the Month. Herring Road is our Heritage Path of the Month for March 2024, click here to view the details More about the Herring Road. From Halls (NT653727), head SSE in the direction of Hartside where a signposted track heads east for 300m before...
