Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Some sure footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 8, 2024

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404 m

Green Cleugh

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

This section of the Pentlands Loop is always my favourite. You're slightly protected from the elements while following a beaut of a singletrack. The small river crossing can be sketchy …

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6.83 km

Glencorse Reservoir Lakeside Road

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The Glencorse Reservoir is held back by an earth dam built in the early 1820's. The water was used to power the mills downstream and provide drinking water to Edinburgh …

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8.09 km

Maiden's Cleugh

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A good muddy trail to get your Pentlands route started! Ace sprint down the other side.

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12.6 km

Threipmuir Reservoir and Harlaw Reservoir

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Threipmuir Reservoir (west) & Harlaw Reservoir (east) where built in the mid-1800s to increase the water supply for the Edinburgh area. Both have great lakeside trails for a flatter run in the Pentlands.

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14.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.21 km

4.20 km

3.09 km

1.53 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.47 km

3.31 km

2.44 km

1.74 km

1.09 km

Elevation

Highest point (360 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

Weather

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Saturday 22 November

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