Walk: Chester Hill – marauders at Lauder

📌 Lauder, Scottish Borders
★★★

Take a stroll southwest from the roadside settlement of Lauder to explore the quiet valley of the Lauder Burn. All being well, the single unbridged crossing of the burn should be straightforward enough (local diversions are available), before a path ascends to a cairn on Chester Hill with excellent views over town and country. Chester Hill is the site of an ancient hill fort, though nowadays stray golf balls are more likely to be a hazard than marauding armies.

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish on Mill Wynd, south side of Lauder

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 425278

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.716141,-2.749148

🚌 Bus to Lauder

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 4 km / 2 mi | ▲ 110 m | ⌛ 1.5 hr

Features: 💧 Lauder Burn; △ Chester Hill (230 m)

⬤ Easy | Paths throughout, sometimes faint. One unbridged crossing of Lauder Burn, usually on stones (in spate, remain on right bank, rejoining route at next bridge).

➡️ Anticlockwise circuit: start & follow Lauder Burn upstream, crossing at several points – Herriot Side – Chester Hill via Southern Upland Way – start

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Sheep on distant hillsides.

Weather: Sunny, 5°C, breezy.

January 2023