The Walk

Melrose to Lindisfarne

A 100km (62.5 mile) long distance walking route across the Scottish Borders to the Northumberland Coast. This is generally divided into four separate day walks, and for this guide the walk can be described from either Melrose to Lindisfarne, or Lindisfarne to Melrose. The most popular route tracks the chronological sequence of the Saint from his earlier association with Melrose to his later life on the Holy Isle.
"The St Cuthbert's Way route has been developed as a partnership between the Scottish BorderWalks Project and Till Valley Tourism Initiative. Scottish BorderWalks is supported by Scottish Borders Enterprise, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Borders Council and the Scottish Borders Tourist Board. Till Valley Tourism Initiative is supported by Northumberland County Council, Northumberland National Park, Northumbria Tourist Board, the Rural Development Commission and Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council. The support of all these organisations is gratefully acknowledged in terms of the route development".

Recognising that not all walkers wish to undertake the route on just four days, it is also quite commonly divided into 5 days of around 12.5 miles, this providing stopping points at Maxton, Cessford, Hethpool and East Horton.

By clicking on the appropriate section of the route more information will be provided, or select each section by clicking on the walking day below.

Lindisfarne to Melrose
Some walkers may want to do the walk in the reverse direction from Lindisfarne to Melrose. Click on the walking days below to access this information.

For a description of the photographic images throughout the website, place the mouse over the picture.

The final stage of the walk is across a causeway which is subject to closure due to the tides. You can obtain safe crossing times from the Tourist Information Offices in Northumberland (telephone number 01289 330733) or by clicking here you can hyperlink to on-line crossing time information. Alternatively e-mail SCSupport (website designers) where you can request details of the safe crossing times for a specific date to be sent to you by return e-mail.

In planning for a successful walk there is a host of information on transport, weather, communications safety etc. that need to be considered. Click now to access the Walkers' Details page.

If you would like to have a Souvenir Certificate at the end of your walk this can be got free from Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council provided you have had your walker's log correctly stamped. We have now been asked to offer a service of downloading the log. Simply click here and print off the page.

If you feel that there is additional information that would be helpful to carry on this news section e-mail I-Net Support (website designers) where you can suggest subjects for inclusion. We cannot commit to always being able to respond but we will take all suggestions seriously.

Since Easter 2003 there has been a route change on the section between Harestanes and Morebattle (day two as defined on this website).
This is seen as a significant enhancement to the original route and removes a diversionary routing that was in place for over a year.

Diversion lifted - replaced by beautiful
new route from Dere Street to Cessford

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Melrose to Lindisfarne A 100km (62.5 mile) long distance walking route across the Scottish Borders to the Northumberland Coast. This is generally divided into four separate day walks, and for this guide the walk can be described from either Melrose to Lindisfarne, or Lindisfarne to Melrose. The most popular route tracks the chronological sequence of the Saint from his earlier association with Melrose to his later life on the Holy Isle. "The St Cuthbert's Way route has been developed as a partnership between the Scottish BorderWalks Project and Till Valley Tourism Initiative. Scottish BorderWalks is supported by Scottish Borders Enterprise, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Borders Council and the Scottish Borders Tourist Board. Till Valley Tourism Initiative is supported by Northumberland County Council, Northumberland National Park, Northumbria Tourist Board, the Rural Development Commission and Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council. The support of all these organisations is gratefully acknowledged in terms of the route development". Recognising that not all walkers wish to undertake the route on just four days, it is also quite commonly divided into 5 days of around 12.5 miles, this providing stopping points at Maxton, Cessford, Hethpool and East Horton.

By clicking on the appropriate section of the route more information will be provided, or select each section by clicking on the walking day below.

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
Lindisfarne to Melrose Some walkers may want to do the walk in the reverse direction from Lindisfarne to Melrose. Click on the walking days below to access this information.
Day 1 (E to W)	Day 2 (E to W)	Day 3 (E to W)	Day 4 (E to W)
For a description of the photographic images throughout the website, place the mouse over the picture.

The final stage of the walk is across a causeway which is subject to closure due to the tides. You can obtain safe crossing times from the Tourist Information Offices in Northumberland (telephone number 01289 330733) or by clicking here you can hyperlink to on-line crossing time information. Alternatively e-mail SCSupport (website designers) where you can request details of the safe crossing times for a specific date to be sent to you by return e-mail.

In planning for a successful walk there is a host of information on transport, weather, communications safety etc. that need to be considered. Click now to access the Walkers' Details page. If you would like to have a Souvenir Certificate at the end of your walk this can be got free from Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council provided you have had your walker's log correctly stamped. We have now been asked to offer a service of downloading the log. Simply click here and print off the page. If you feel that there is additional information that would be helpful to carry on this news section e-mail I-Net Support (website designers) where you can suggest subjects for inclusion. We cannot commit to always being able to respond but we will take all suggestions seriously.

Since Easter 2003 there has been a route change on the section between Harestanes and Morebattle (day two as defined on this website). This is seen as a significant enhancement to the original route and removes a diversionary routing that was in place for over a year.

If you are viewing this page without the navigation buttons below click here to move to another part of the website. © Copyright and Design by I-Net Support Last update - May 2005