Walks
At the heart of our Walking Festival is a programme of guided walks designed to suit all ages and abilities. Details are on the home page.
In addition, each of East Lothian’s six Area Partnerships has suggested walks that you can follow for yourself …
Musselburgh
5 km / 3 miles
6 km / 4 miles
Newhailes, Musselburgh
Preston, Seton and Gosford
6 km / 3.5 miles
5 km / 3 miles
Fa’side
7 km / 4 miles
5 km / 3 miles
Haddington & Lammermuir
2.5 km / 1.5 miles
5 km / 3 miles
North Berwick Coastal
4 km / 2.5 miles
14.5 km / 9 miles
North Berwick Law
Dunbar and East Linton
2 km / 1.5 miles
8.5 km / 5 miles
More walks
Use these links to find more excellent walks in East Lothian and beyond …
East Lothian area walks and core paths leaflets
East Lothian Council’s area walks and core paths are described in these attractive and useful guides, with good maps.
Countryside Volunteers walks library
East Lothian Countryside Volunteers has a fantastic resource of walks in the ‘Library’ section of its website, with links to numerous leaflets including their excellent ‘one-pagers’.
Scotways free maps and leaflets
Scotways, the Scottish Rights of Way & Access Society, has a number of maps and leaflets as free downloads, as well as guidebooks to purchase in its online shop.
Walk Highlands website
Free to use and funded by donations, Walk Highlands is a great source for walking routes in East Lothian.
East Lothian Ramblers
The local Ramblers group, East Lothian Ramblers and Hillwalkers, are very active and arrange lots of group walks. Find them on Facebook.
Scottish Borders Walking Festival
Established in 1994 and hosted by a different town each year – it’s Kelso for 2023 – the festival runs from September 2nd to 9th.
