Waterfall · 1 km off the route
Fairy Loup
Waterfall in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Howard Mattinson, CC BY-SA 2.0Borders Historic Route
The signed tourist route from Carlisle up the A7 through Langholm, Hawick, Selkirk, Galashiels and Stow to the edge of Edinburgh, through the Borders mill towns.
- Distance
- 84 miles (135 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- Scottish Borders
Follows the official route
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 23 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 14
- Curvature
- 107 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 10
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 17 to mile 40. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 50 to mile 70, at 152 degrees of turning a mile.
- 2 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- The A7 north of Langholm is fast and twisty with some blind crests. Watch for farm traffic.
On the way
- Carlisle
- Canonbie
- Langholm
- Hawick
- Selkirk
- Galashiels
- Stow
- Bonnyrigg
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Places to stay
- Find a bed in CarlisleWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in BonnyriggWhere the route ends
2Cover
Check your breakdown cover recovers a motorcycle, and from where. Some policies only cover you from home, or not at all on single track roads.
What to check before you buy coverPlaces to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
Castle · 0.3 km off the route
Auchenrivock Tower
Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia
Castle · On the route
Branxholme Castle
Castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle · 0.4 km off the route
Catcune Castle
Castle, demolished in or before the 20th-century, in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia
Castle · 0.9 km off the route
Dalhousie Castle
Castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK.
Read about it on Wikipedia Photo: RHaworth, CC BY 2.5
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.