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Royal Burgh Of Montrose

St Cyrus Beach – St Cyrus Beach loop from Montrose

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Bike touring routes & trails

United Kingdom

Scotland

Aberdeenshire

Royal Burgh Of Montrose

St Cyrus Beach – St Cyrus Beach loop from Montrose

Hard

2.0

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St Cyrus Beach – St Cyrus Beach loop from Montrose

01:41

25.4km

150m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 3.78 km for 286 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.12 km

The North Water Viaduct is a great wide trail for walking and biking that leads over River North Esk and offers a nice view of the second bridge with its arches now used by cars. Back in the day, is was used for the railway built by the Montrose and Bervie Railway in 1865.

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9.81 km

St Cyrus National Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

St Cyrus National Nature Reserve is a long and narrow strip of land nestled between St Cyrus village and the North Sea. The spectacular cliffs and dunes provide important habitat for various insects and flowering plants, making it one of the most important botanical sites in Scotland. There are over 300 plant species to discover here!

There's a visitor centre in the old lifeboat station where you can learn more about the bird and plantlife in the area.

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10.7 km

Sands of St Cyrus

Beach

11.1 km

St Cyrus Beach

Highlight • Beach

St Cyrus beach is a sandy beach located on the eastern coast of Scotland, between Aberdeen and Dundee. It is part of the St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, which is home to many birds and butterflies. The beach is accessible from the cliff path or from the visitor centre, where you can find parking and toilets. St Cyrus beach is a great place to enjoy nature and relax.

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11.9 km

St Cyrus Beach

Highlight • Natural Monument

The village is on the clifftop; the cliffs, dunes and beach are a National Nature Reserve with superb birdlife in May. Small visitor centre on the beach and don’t miss the wonderful old kirkyard with the grave of George Beattie, a Montrose “poet” who killed himself here after being jilted by a local beauty. Hourly bus to Montrose.

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12.3 km

St Cyrus Beach

Highlight • Beach

With its towering volcanic cliffs, swathes of beautiful beach, breathtaking displays of wildflowers and an unbelievable variety of insects and birds, St Cyrus is one of the richest and most diverse nature reserves in Britain.

The natural barriers of inland cliffs and a seaward ridge of sand dunes protect the St Cyrus grasslands from the ravages of the weather. In summer, the reserve is awash with colour and life, from the intense purple of the clustered bellflower to the constant movement of countless butterflies and moths. Soaring above all this, peregrine falcons circle high in the air, waiting for an opportunity to dive on their prey.

You may also be lucky enough to see common and grey seals, which occasionally bask on the sand banks at the mouth of the river, while dolphin, porpoise, minke, humpback and killer whales have all been sighted offshore.

Spring and summer is the best time to visit to see plants and breeding birds, whilst in winter you can spot wading birds. Admire the excellent views from the clifftop at the village end.

There are a number of paths that give access to the various parts of the reserve and you can walk the whole length of the beautiful golden beach, which stretches on for miles, during summer. There’s a visitor centre on site as well as toilets.

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20.6 km

Charleton Fruit Farm

Highlight • Cafe

25.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.69 km

5.96 km

4.64 km

2.41 km

2.37 km

1.23 km

102 m

Surfaces

13.6 km

3.73 km

3.67 km

2.81 km

1.56 km

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