Routes Planner Features Updates

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Hiking trails & Routes

Scottish Borders

Denholm And District

South Minto Hill and Fatlips Castle loop — Roxburghshire

Hiking trails & Routes

Scottish Borders

Denholm And District

South Minto Hill and Fatlips Castle loop — Roxburghshire

Moderate

3.0

(1)

3

hikers

South Minto Hill and Fatlips Castle loop — Roxburghshire

03:32

12.4km

290m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 10, 2024

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

1.98 km

Minto Village

Highlight • Settlement

This very serene village on the south side of the Minto Hills was originally designed by William Playfair as a village built for the 2nd Earl of Minto in early …

Tip by

2

3.71 km

South Minto Hill Summit and Trig Point

Highlight • Viewpoint

There are lovely views of the area from this 276m tall hill. There used to be just one log seat here, but since a few years ago, there are now …

Tip by

3

8.62 km

Fatlips Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a 16th century tower commanding amazing views of the Teviot and towards Jedburgh, Denholm and Hawick. Sometimes it's just called Minto Tower; why it is affectionally called "Fatlips" apparently remains a mystery!

Tip by

B

12.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.56 km

2.92 km

1.95 km

941 m

Surfaces

6.29 km

3.06 km

1.24 km

803 m

705 m

272 m

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Sign up to see more specific route details

Sign up for free

Weather

Powered by Foreca

Monday 19 October

11°C

7°C

-- %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: -- km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

Want to know more?

Sign up for a free komoot account to join the conversation.

Sign up for free

This route was planned by komoot.

Navigate Send to Phone

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

4.7

219

Eildon Hills & Melrose Abbey loop from Melrose

02:59h

9.19km

410m

4.0

101

Kielder Castle to Silvas Capitalis (giant head) loop from Kielder

03:31h

12.9km

190m

4.6

161

Borders Abbeys Way: Roxburgh and Kelso Loop

03:13h

12.4km

80m

4.8

131

Borders Abbeys Way

01:40h

6.40km

50m

4.4

136

Deadwater Black Trail

03:26h

11.3km

410m

4.3

86

Hindhope Linn & the Kings of Denmark Stone Circle loop

01:38h

6.00km

90m

4.9

120

Leaderfoot Viaduct loop from Earlston — Roxburghshire

03:16h

12.1km

150m

4.6

81

The Three Brethren loop from Three Brethren Carpark

02:58h

9.60km

380m

5.0

82

Kielder Lakeside Way — Kielder Forest

10:56h

41.2km

420m

4.5

69

Dryburgh Abbey and Crystal Well loop from St Boswells

02:17h

8.74km

60m

4.2

39

Kielder Forest & Keilder Viaduct loop from Lewisburn — Northumberland National Park

04:22h

16.0km

240m

4.6

39

Rubers Law loop from Denholm — Roxburghshire

02:52h

9.23km

350m