Discover the closest published Remapped drives to Penicuik, Scotland. Routes are ordered by their nearest point to the town centre and may start elsewhere. Distances to routes are approximate straight-line distances, not driving distances. Roads featured include A780, A701, C98a.
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Short on time? Duke’s Pass and Lake of Menteith Loop has the shortest estimated drive in this collection, at 39 minutes before stops.
Closest point on route: 0 miles from Penicuik · straight-line distance
Follow the A701 from Dumfries through Moffat and over the Devil’s Beef Tub into the upper Tweed country. The drive finishes near Edinburgh’s southern approach, keeping the rural through-road as its focus.
Closest point on route: 22 miles from Penicuik · straight-line distance
Follow the A708 from Moffat through the hills towards St Mary’s Loch, continuing along the valley towards Selkirk. This Borders crossing combines enclosed bends with broader loch and hill-country sections.
Closest point on route: 23 miles from Penicuik · straight-line distance
Link the A708 and A701 with the narrow hill road between Megget and Talla reservoirs. This compact mountain circuit combines loch-country driving with the Devil’s Beef Tub approach, without adding reservoir access spurs.
Closest point on route: 31 miles from Penicuik · straight-line distance
Follow the established South West Coastal 300 driving track through the Galloway coast, Solway country, southern uplands and Ayrshire. This complete multi-day draft follows the tourism authority’s published roads with optional stop spurs removed, with town and landscape visits planned around the journey.
Closest point on route: 32 miles from Penicuik · straight-line distance
Cross the Lowther Hills using the A702 Dalveen Pass and return through Leadhills, Wanlockhead and Mennock. This road-led loop pairs a broad main-road pass with a more intimate upland crossing.
Closest point on route: 44 miles from Penicuik · straight-line distance
Make a longer Perthshire circuit along Loch Tay to Kenmore and Aberfeldy, returning through Amulree and the Sma’ Glen side of the hills. Lochside sections alternate with upland roads and gentler valley country.
Closest point on route: 46 miles from Penicuik · straight-line distance
Climb through the wooded bends of Duke’s Pass from Aberfoyle, continue through the Trossachs towards Callander, then return by the Lake of Menteith area. This circuit contrasts forested hills with gentler lowland roads.
Closest point on route: 52 miles from Penicuik · straight-line distance
Follow the A85 west from Loch Earn through the central Highlands and the Pass of Brander towards Oban. Lochside stretches, open glens and the constrained Awe crossing create a varied point-to-point touring drive.
Driving times exclude stops. Leave time for the views, check each route’s notes and make the journey your own.
About the drives in this collection.
A701 Devils Beef Tub: Dumfries to Edinburgh has the closest point on a route in this selection, approximately 0 miles from Penicuik in a straight line. This is not the distance to the route start or a driving-distance estimate.
Duke’s Pass and Lake of Menteith Loop is the shortest by route distance, at 26 miles, with an estimated driving time of 39 min. Allow extra time for stops and the journey to the route.
South West Coastal 300: Coast and Southern Uplands is the longest by route distance, at 313 miles. Its estimated driving time is 10 hr 5 min, excluding stops and travel to the route.
5 routes start and finish in the same place, including Talla, Megget and St Marys Loch Mountain Loop. Check the route map to find a convenient starting point.
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