Walks you can reach from Arbroath by train
Angus · Scotland
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Carnoustie to Monifieth (Angus)
6 minutes direct from Arbroath.
Recommended: All inland as the headland is not walkable, though it still has a coastal feel.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Railwalks.
Portlethen to Stonehaven (Kincardineshire)
45 minutes direct from Arbroath.
Leven to Kirkcaldy (Fife)
1 hour direct from Arbroath.
Recommended: Varied walk, urban at both ends with scenic views in between.
Coastal: almost all along the coast.
Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: Cafe at Dysart Harbour midway.
Warnings: Some climbing.
Walk details: Railwalks.
Dundee to Leuchars (Angus)
15 minutes direct from Arbroath.
Cupar to Leuchars (Fife)
45 minutes direct from Arbroath.
Portlethen to Aberdeen (Kincardineshire)
45 minutes direct from Arbroath.
Great walk along the clifftops; stunning clifftop paths. A walk of two halves: the first 5km is uneventful but quiet road walking through farmland and former fishing villages, then around 10km of stunning clifftop coastal path (the Aberdeen Coastal Path), weaving in and out of inlets and with an industrial stretch near Aberdeen harbour and the lovely Cove Community Woodland. Follows the Aberdeen Coastal Path along the cliffs; an optional 2-3km diversion via Greyhope Road offers a chance to see dolphins at the harbour mouth, plus a café and toilet at Torry Battery. Lots of nesting seabirds, and Cove Community Woodland has wildflower meadows and benches.
Hilly: a third on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Coastal: three fifths along the coast.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: A Premier store at Cove (around 7km) and a café at Torry Battery slightly off-route.
Warnings: Sections run along clifftop paths where care is required, though never dangerously close to the edge. The road walking into Portlethen has no path in places, so care is needed; hill-walking boots recommended for some sections.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Ladybank to Leven (Fife)
45 minutes direct from Arbroath.
Ladybank to Cupar (Fife)
45 minutes direct from Arbroath.
Cowdenbeath to Kirkcaldy (Fife)
1 hour direct from Arbroath.
About three-quarters off-road on core paths, with grazing land, kissing gates, self-closing gates, slopes of about 10% and possibly stiles and muddy tracks. There are pavemented in-town road sections at each end. Goes along the banks of Camilla Loch and through Beveridge Park, part of a historic designed landscape. There may be grazing water buffalo. Bring food and drink as there is nowhere to stop and eat. An alternative route avoids the unwelcoming Raith Estate.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: Nowhere to eat en route — pack lunch!
Warnings: One road section just north of Auchtertool has tight bends and needs extra caution.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Lochgelly to Kirkcaldy (Fife)
1 hour direct from Arbroath.
A varied rural walk on tracks and paths through fields and woodland, including a picturesque wooded glen and burn and with short pavement sections beside busier roads at each end. Over 90% off-road. Rough and occasionally steep paths. Mostly uses Fife's core paths. Highlights include the late-18th-century designed landscape of Raith Park and the wooded ravines of the Den Burn. No places to eat or buy food between Lochgelly and Kirkcaldy. A bus service runs between the two towns.
Woodland: half under tree cover.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: Nowhere to eat en route — pack lunch!
Warnings: One short core-path section involves climbing a very rickety gate wrapped in barbed wire through undergrowth; it can be avoided via a couple of quiet roads.
Walk details: Slow Ways.