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Cycling in Scotland
There are fantastic routes through Scotland. Look below for cycle touring maps and guide books. |
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TOURING MAPSThe "Ordnance Survey Tour Map of Scotland" is one large map at 1:500,000 (1cm:5Km) scale. Clearly shows roads and tourist destinations. Also detailed city centre plans of Edinburgh, Perth, Stirling, Dumfries, St Andrews, Fort William, Oban and Glasgow.
The OS Landranger maps are 1:50,000, classic maps: £5.99 each (£1.00 off RRP).
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GUIDE BOOKS FOR ONE-DAY ROUTES"Bike Scotland : Book One - Central Scotland". 40 hugely inspiring rides, covering Glasgow, Loch Lomond,
Arran and the Clyde Islands; Falkirk, Stirling and the Trossachs; Highland Perthshire; Fife and Lowland Perthshire; and Edinburgh and Lothian, with all route start points being accessible in an hour or less by train from central Scotland's main cities.
"Bike Scotland: Book Two - Highlands and Islands". This guide explores the best of Oban and Argyll, Fort William and Lochaber, the wild Northwest Highlands, Inverness and the Great Glen, with forays into the Caringorms, and an island hop from Lismore, Islay and Eigg through to Skye and the Outer Hebrides | | |
"Bike Scotland: Book Three - North East Scotland". Routes in Angus, Nairn, Moray, from Elgin to Keith, Aberdeenshire from Ellon. Off-road routes include the Cairngormsand the Braes of Glen Livet.
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"Cycling in Scotland" from the AA and Sustrans. Includes routes from Edinburgh, Bathgate, Galashiels, Glasgow, Ayr, Alloa, Callander, Perth, Dundee, Oban, Fort William, Aviemore, Inverness and Aberdeen.
"Border Country Cycle Routes" from Cicerone has 40 routes (both sides of the border) including Roslin, Coldingham, Lammermuirs, Lindisfarne, Grey Mare's Tail, Amble, Keilder, Newcastleton, Langholm, Vindolanda, Beamish and Deerness Valley. |
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LONG-DISTANCE ROUTES"The Isles and Highlands of Scotland" has four different cycle routes around the western isles and highlands of Scotland. Includes Arran, Kintyre, Islay, Jura, Mull, Iona, Barra, South and North Uist, Harris, Lewis, Skye, Ullapool and Fort William.
"National Byway map for South West Scotland", a map for the waymarked route linking Langholm, Lockerbie, Dumfries, Newton Stewart, Girvan and Ayr. Information on what to see along the way on the reverse. | | |
"Scotland: the National Cycle Network" has detailed notes on all the main Sustrans cycle routes in Scotland: Edinburgh-Glasgow, Glasgow-Carlisle & Glasgow-Inverness (Lochs & Glens), Inverness-John O'Groats, Inverness-Aberdeen, Aberdeen-Edinburgh (Coast and Castles North), Edinburgh-Berwick-upon-Tweed (part of Coast and Castles South), Dundee-Pitlochry (the Salmon Run).
The Sustrans maps have detailed routes for fantastic rides across Scotland, which can generally be joined together to make even longer routes (see "A Bit Scott-ish" below). |
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MOUNTAIN BIKE GUIDE BOOKS AND MAPS"Scotland Mountain Biking - The Wild Trails" from Vertebrate includes routes from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Innerleithin, Glentrool, Loch Affric, Glengarry, Torridon, Skye, Glen Feshie, Glen Tilt, the Cairngormss and a coast to coast: Fort William to Montrose.
"Bike Scotland: Trails Guide" has routes including Glentress, Drumlanrig, Dalbeattie, Fife, the Trossachs, Dunkeld, Glen Feshie, Moray, Aberdeen, the Black Isle, Strathpeffer, Ullapool, Skye and Harris. | | |
BOOKS ABOUT RIDES | | |
GENERAL GUIDE BOOKS | | |
Where to stay | Where to stay in Scotland
If you are looking for cottages to stay in for your bike trip, you could try the following:
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| HostelsOr you could try a hostels company:
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