The Tweed and the Cheviots

Tourist Attractions:

Kelso Abbey, Floors Castle, Jedburgh Jail, Mary Queen of Scots Museum

Start & Finish: Kelso

Approximate Distance: 130Miles

Route Overview:

This route starts with an easy run along the A698 and A68 to Jedburgh. After this, comes the highlight of the trip, the B6357 across the Cheviots Hills. This road is one of three five-star roads in the chapter and with a distance of thirty-six miles, it’s the longest stretch of uninterrupted tarmac available. A handful of villages along its course mean it’s also the quietest. The highlights include the sweeping bends of the Wauchope forest and some of the deserted valleys running alongside the Larriston Fells. After the B6537 and time for a short break in Langholm, it’s fast and furious all the way to Lockerbie and the bottom of another great, the B723. The route actually takes a left, halfway along the B723 at Boreland but miss the turning: it’s worth it, as the road is superb all the way to Eskdalemuir another seven miles on. There is even a cutting on the hill into Eskdalemuir to turn round and return to the route, which turned onto unmarked roads just south of Boreland. From Moffat, the A708 runs through rolling countryside all the way to Selkirk, thirty miles later. Finally, the last road of the route, the A699, is a superb eighteen-mile blast that joins the Tweed on its way back into Kelso.

 Route Directions:

From	Kelso					Follow	signposts to	A698 Jedburgh
		after	9	miles on the	A698	Turn Left	signpost	A68 Jedburgh
At	Jedburgh	after	1.5	miles on the	A68	Continue	following signposts to	A68 Newcastle Upon Tyne
		after	2	miles on the	A68	Turn Right	signpost	B6357 Bonchester Bridge
At the	A6088	after	2	miles on the	B6357	Turn Left	signpost	A6088 Bonchester Bridge
		after	1	mile on the	A6088	Turn Right	signpost	B6357 Newcastleton
		after	24	miles on the	B6357	Turn Right	signpost	B6318 Langholm
At the	A7	after	3	miles on the	B6318	Turn Right	signpost	A7 Langholm
In	Langholm	after	2	miles on the	A7	Turn Left	signpost	B7068 Lockerbie
At	Lockerbie	after	17.5	miles on the	B7068	Follow	signposts to	A74(M) North, Moffat
In	Lockerbie	after	0.7	Miles		Turn Right	signpost	B723 Boreland/Eskdalemuir
		after	7	miles on the	B723	Turn Left	signpost	Moffat
		for	9	miles on the	Unmarked Road	Follow	signposts to	Moffat
At	Moffat					Follow	signposts to	A708 Selkirk
At	Selkirk	after	32	miles on the	A708	Follow	signposts to	A7 Hawick
		after	1	mile on the	A7	Turn Left	signpost	A699 Kelso
	A68	after	9	miles on the	A699	Cross the Intersection	signpost	A699 Kelso
End at	Kelso	after	10	miles on the	A699

List of Recomended Drives:
The Northumberland Coast and the Cheviot Valleys
The Tweed, the Moorfoot Hills, and the Lammermuir Hills
The Tweed and the Cheviots
The Kelso Monster (and the Monster’s tail)
The East Roman and Kielder Loop
The West Roman and Kielder Water Loop
The Extended Roman and Kielder Loop
Index of all roads tested
Complete Road Index
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