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Royal Burgh Of Peebles And District

Peebles Tunnel Entrance – Gypsy Glen Trail loop from Peebles

Royal Burgh Of Peebles And District

Peebles Tunnel Entrance – Gypsy Glen Trail loop from Peebles

Hard

3.5

(2)

riders

Peebles Tunnel Entrance – Gypsy Glen Trail loop from Peebles

02:08

24.2km

500m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. 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: June 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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167 m

Peebles Clock Tower and Old Bridge

Highlight • Monument

Peebles is a gorgeous Scottish Borders market town on the banks of the River Tweed. It's popular with tourists, both for sightseeing and other activities, including fishing on the river, hiking on the nearby hills and mountain biking at the nearby trail centre of Glentress.

The town is also well known for its creative residents, hosting an annual art festival, as well as multiple galleries and museums to visit. Well worth a visit if you're in the Borderlands or for a day trip from Edinburgh.

Don't miss the impressive 15th-century stone bridge near the centre, once known as the main crossing of the River Tweed.

Tip by

2.23 km

Peebles Tunnel Entrance

Highlight • Trail

Nice stretch of old track bed , was a welcome respite from all the climbing earlier in the day

Tip by

3.33 km

Path by the River Tweed to Peebles

Highlight • Trail

A relaxed easy ride to start the trail

Tip by

8.27 km

Cardrona Forest

Forest

13.4 km

Glen Peggy Singletrack

Highlight • Viewpoint

after a good bit of forest road nice bit of single track and views of the hills and moorland

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13.6 km

Gypsy Glen Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

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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19.8 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.

Tip by

21.3 km

Camp Law Plantation

Forest

22.9 km

Jubilee Woods Forest Path

Highlight • Trail

Jubilee woods are tiny and people are walking their dogs. I'd avoid personally. Go to Cademuir Hill instead. Either via Haystoun or Bonnington Rd. Or go up Gypsy Glen. More trails up that way as you approach the back road to Innerleithen. Plus you can go back to Peebles via Cardrona and the cycle path.

Tip by

24.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.8 km

4.27 km

1.44 km

1.04 km

562 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.9 km

6.22 km

551 m

534 m

Elevation

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Sunday 12 July

19°C

8°C

0 %

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Peebles Tunnel Entrance – Gypsy Glen Trail loop from Peebles

Peebles Clock Tower and Old Bridge

Peebles Tunnel Entrance

Path by the River Tweed to Peebles

Glen Peggy Singletrack

Gypsy Glen Trail

Gypsy Glen and Cross Borders Drove Road Trail Junction

Jubilee Woods Forest Path

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