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Also, lady on access gate said cyclists can go through for free. It was free for everyone when I was there. Only paid for certain times of year.

Met a couple of local ladies. They said the sign is incorrect. Access is allowed all year except when the king is in residence. You press a button to open gate, you may need to hop over to open it. It is fully legal access.

Good bothy - there is a well equipped public toilet with sanitary towels and loo roll thankfully!

This famous summer residence of the British royal family can only be visited in spring and early summer with an entrance ticket through the main entrance. This provides access to the castle gardens and the castle ballroom, where a different exhibition is held each year. There is also a café and a gift shop. Cycling is prohibited around the castle, but with a ticket, we were allowed to explore the grounds with our bikes in hand. We parked our bikes near the café. Since 2025, a few tickets per day have also been available for enthusiasts to visit the castle's private apartments in small groups, including the room where Queen Elizabeth II's last photograph was taken. Very special, but also highly sought-after and expensive.

This famous summer residence of the British royal family can only be visited in spring and early summer with an entrance ticket through the main entrance. This provides access to the castle gardens and the castle ballroom, where a different exhibition is held each year. There is also a café and a gift shop. Cycling is prohibited around the castle, but with a ticket, we were allowed to explore the grounds with our bikes in hand. We parked our bikes near the café. Since 2025, a few tickets per day have also been available for enthusiasts to visit the castle's private apartments in small groups, including the room where Queen Elizabeth II's last photograph was taken. Very special, but also highly sought-after and expensive.

I briefly hoped we could cycle through the Balmoral Castle gardens, but the two entrance gates on the west side are quite clear: no access via this road. You can easily cycle the gravel path on the south side of the hill, and we ended up buying a ticket at the main entrance to admire the gardens and the castle anyway.

Royal gravel! And that's how it rides too. Beautiful, hard gravel roads that wind through the stunning forest. I could cycle here for days.

Jock's Road (or Tolmounth) is a 22km footpath between Braemar and Glen Clova, via Glen Callater and Glen Doll. It may be named after Jock Winter, a shepherd who worked with the Scottish Right of Way Society. They challenged the local landowner and won the right-of-way for the historic drovers route. Note that some of this route is pathless, as it's quite boggy when ascending from Loch Callater.