An attractive short walk with good views over the town and a pleasant woodland
section along the Wauchope Water. Much used by locals.
Walk 3: Duchess Bridge & North Lodge
Walk 3: Duchess Bridge & North Lodge.
This easy walk explores the riverside and mature woodland. It crosses the
first cast iron bridge ever built in Scotland.
Walk 4 : Potholm & Castle Hill
Walk 4: Potholm & Castle Hill
After following the valley of the Esk outwards, this walk returns over the
hills. Try to save this walk for a fine day, as the views from the hill section
are superb in clear weather.
Walk 5: Warb Law
Walk 5: Warb Law
After a gentle start along the river, this walk climbs to the summit of a
popular local hill which gives a viewpoint over the Solway Plain stretching
to the Lake District hills.
Walk 6: Arkleton
Walk 6: Arkleton
A genuine hill walk with some rough, wet, and slow going. The compensation
comes in superb views.
Walk 7: Jenny Noble’s Gill
Walk 7: Jenny Noble's Gill
This is a pleasantly varied gentle figure-of-eight walk that starts and finishes
through the length of the town and then passes along the hillside through fields
and woods.
Walk 8: Target Burn and Whita Hill
Walk 8: Target Burn and Whita Hill.
This walk turns up hill and passes a memorial to Hugh MacDiarmid, the poet,
on the way to the Malcolm Monument on top of Whita Hill, Langholm's most prominent
landmark and a superb viewpoint.
Walk 9: Calfield Rig and Mid Hill
Walk 9: Calfield Rig and Mid Hill
The central part of the walk follows a long curving ridge providing ever-changing views.
Walk 10: Tarras Water and Whita Hill
Walk 10: Tarras Water and Whita Hill
A long circular round Whita Hill. It is pleasant walking with a good variety
of environments as you go around. At the far corner of the walk, there is a
real feeling of remoteness
Walk 11: Old Irvine
Walk 11: Old Irvine
This walk covers some wonderful, varied scenery to the West and South of Langholm.
A mixture of track, open hillside, and a short stretch of very quiet road.
