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The Innocent Railway – Bruntsfield Links loop from Eskbank

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The Innocent Railway – Bruntsfield Links loop from Eskbank

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The Innocent Railway – Bruntsfield Links loop from Eskbank

02:30

41.4km

250m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 27.4 km for 107 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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67 m

Eskbank Station

Highlight • Parking

Great place to park and start the ride or travel in by train from the borders or city centre.

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7.41 km

Whitecraig Railway Path Gateway

Highlight • Structure

The path access from Whitecraig and very interesting info graphic come sculpture to sign post it

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9.17 km

Esk River Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

16.6 km

The Innocent Railway

Highlight • Historical Site

Near the foot of Arthur’s seat runs a good pathway that is two and a half miles long, or about four kilometres. In bygone ages, it was a railway line …

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18.8 km

Artist Residence at Summerhall

Highlight • Other

20.1 km

Bruntsfield Links

Highlight • Cycleway

If you are heading to the Meadows, make sure to head up through Bruntsfield links too. Great running network here!

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39.1 km

Lord Ancrum's Wood

Forest

39.5 km

Newbattle Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

Founded in 1140 by monks from the nearby Melrose, Newbattle Abbey was once a Cistercian monastery. The abbey had a difficult past and was burned down by English royalists in …

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41.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.8 km

5.11 km

2.96 km

2.73 km

1.66 km

1.10 km

Surfaces

35.7 km

3.85 km

1.04 km

535 m

172 m

105 m

Elevation

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Highest point (90 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Wednesday 6 May

12°C

5°C

34 %

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The Innocent Railway – Bruntsfield Links loop from Eskbank

Eskbank Station

Whitecraig Railway Path Gateway

Esk River Bridge

The Innocent Railway

Artist Residence at Summerhall

Bruntsfield Links

Newbattle Abbey

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