This route provides a dramatic route across the Southern Uplands of Scotland. For most of its length it follows rivers, from the west successively the Moffat Water in Dumfriesshire and the Little Yarrow, the Yarrow Water and the Ettrick Water in Selkirkshire. The Yarrow Water is the outflow from St Mary’s Loch, which the road runs beside for several miles. When not beside water the route is through its highest ground, the summit being over 1000 feet above sea level at the county boundary.
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- None on route
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Roads / Distance / Timing
- A708 / A707 / A72 / A701
- 95 Miles
- Aprox 2 hours 20 min
Warnings / Tips
Starts and finishes at Moffat
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2 Responses to “Moffat Loop Route”
May 11, 2014
paulyboyDid this last year anti-clockwise. The first part of it out of Moffat is quite entertaining – I had to overtake four foreign camper vans. The A72 is a bit dull but you can actually shorten the loop using the B roads.
April 10, 2015
Our road trip to the Hunter Valley | eat. fly. drive.[…] in comparison against our previous road trips in the UK (Snake Pass from Sheffield to Glossop; Moffat Loop in Scotland), or in the south of France (the D1091 to Briançon; Route Napoleon; Col de Vence). The said […]