Distance & Time: 5 miles/35 Minutes

Approx. Breakdown: Segregated, Shared Path (88%), Quiet Streets (10%), Busy Streets (2%)

Description: Leave Eddleston on the 2023 built path which follows the busy road but feels safe throughout. Watch out for layby section near Milkieston which is shared with vehicles. On arriving in Peebles, follow Crossburn Farm Road to find Cuddyside Path. This is a wee delight, but is popular with pedestrians who you must give way to (check out the Active Travel hierarchy). It can be followed into town by way of Cuddyside (shared with cars) and eventually Bridgegate and Eastgate which are both very busy with potentially dangerous road users (i.e. motor vehicles)

Parking: Peebles is pretty poor for cycle parking, surprising for a town popular with cyclists. I often chain my bike up in the tucked away corner of Sainsbury’s Car Park on Edinburgh Road as I can’t find many alternatives. Wildwool on Bridgegate has a parking rack for customers (thank you!) Think the town as a whole could however do better…

Fuel: Peebles has a Scottish Water tap on Tweed Green. Lots of food options in Peebles and Eddleston, including the Scots Pine, accessible via segregated cycle track to he north of the village.

Car Count: Medium. Very good until you reach Peebles, then a few shared sections.

Map: Not available - Google does not recognise the Eddleston cycle path.