Annandale Way

Annandale Way
Plaque on the commemorative cairn at the start of the Annandale way - north end.
Length90 km (56 mi)[1]
LocationScotland
Established2009
DesignationScotland's Great Trails
TrailheadsMoffat
55°24′36″N 3°26′55″W / 55.4101°N 3.4487°W / 55.4101; -3.4487 (Annandale Way, northern end)
Annan
54°58′04″N 3°16′56″W / 54.9678°N 3.2823°W / 54.9678; -3.2823 (Annandale Way, southern end)
UseHiking
Elevation gain/loss1,150 metres (3,770 ft) gain[1]
Highest point491 m (1,611 ft)
Lowest pointSea level
Websitehttp://www.annandaleway.org

The Annandale Way[2] is a 90-kilometre (56 mi) hiking trail in Scotland, which is officially designated by NatureScot as one of Scotland's Great Trails.[1] It follows the valley of the River Annan from its source in the Moffat Hills to the sea in the Solway Firth south of the town of Annan. The route, which was established on 12 September 2009, has been designed to be traversable in four to five days as a continuous walk but it also offers several day-walks. Overnight stops can be arranged in small market towns and villages along the route such as Moffat, Johnstonebridge, Lochmaben, Lockerbie, or Annan. The route has been developed by Sulwath Connections[3] and local communities, with the support of local estates and farmers, to help promote Annandale as a new area for walking. Its trailheads are near the Devil's Beef Tub in the Moffat Hills and on the Solway Firth just south of Annan, in Newbie.

  1. ^ a b c "Scotland's Great Trails". NatureScot & Rucksack Readers. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ^ Official Annandale Way Website
  3. ^ "Sulwath Connections Landscape Partnership. This web page has pictures and information about the route and a particularly good map of it which when saved to a desktop will allow magnification that is not available on the site's web page". Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.