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Gypsy Glen Trail – Glentress Forest Tunnel loop from Cardrona

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Innerleithen And District

Gypsy Glen Trail – Glentress Forest Tunnel loop from Cardrona

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runners

Gypsy Glen Trail – Glentress Forest Tunnel loop from Cardrona

02:40

21.7km

430m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 8, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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236 m

Cardrona Hotel

Highlight • Settlement

The hotel stands out from the riverside pathway, or from the road

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3.82 km

Cardrona Forest

Forest

5.71 km

Frequently quoted as 'the best natural descent in the Tweed Valley', Gypsy Glen is certainly up there.

Not enormously steep, but rutted in places, loose and scrabbly in others, it's a high-speed, low consequence (well, relatively - this is mountain biking after all) blast from start to finish.

And when you can drag your eyes up from the trail, the views are simply stunning.

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11.9 km

Gypsy Glen and Cross Borders Drove Road Trail Junction

Highlight • Trail

This is the point where the blue-rated Gypsy Glen MTB trail (a 14 mile/23km circular route from Glentress) splits briefly from the Cross Borders Drove Road bridleway for just over a kilometer.

Stay right for the CBDR, a blue rated trail, or left for the Gypsy Glen singletrack section, rated one step harder at red.

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13.4 km

Camp Law Plantation

Forest

16.2 km

Peebles Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

You have to dismount from the bike to cross this footbridge

Tip by

18.1 km

Glentress Forest Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

Another tunnel, located beside the main road leading up to Glentress Forest Lodges.

Tip by

19.2 km

Path by the River Tweed to Peebles

Highlight • Trail

A relaxed easy ride to start the trail

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21.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.3 km

1.07 km

911 m

415 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.8 km

5.61 km

1.55 km

574 m

162 m

Elevation

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Saturday 16 May

12°C

3°C

56 %

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Gypsy Glen Trail – Glentress Forest Tunnel loop from Cardrona

Cardrona Hotel

Gypsy Glen Trail

Gypsy Glen and Cross Borders Drove Road Trail Junction

Peebles Bridge

Glentress Forest Tunnel

Path by the River Tweed to Peebles

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