Connect Brechin with Slow Ways
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more walks and reviews are needed to fully connect Brechin to the verified network. Can you give a hike and help?
Give a hike!Brechin / Breichin
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Slow Ways linking Brechin and Arbroath, Auchronie, Clova, Fettercairn, Forfar, Hillside, Kirriemuir, Laurencekirk, Montrose
Scotland / Angus / Brechin
Brechin’s nine Slow Ways are 36% checked
Help connect Brechin
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
Give a hike and help get a for every one of Brechin’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Brechin from further afield
| Route | Slow Way | Distance | To do | Pledge | Ascent | Descent | ||||
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| Aucbre two |
Auchronie—Brechin
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Distance 29km/18mi |
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Review me | U U | Ascent - | Descent - | ||
| Brearb one |
Brechin—Arbroath
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Distance 25km/16mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 319m | Descent 275m | ||
| Brefet one |
Brechin—Fettercairn
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Distance 21km/13mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 121m | Descent 130m | ||
| Brefet two |
Brechin—Fettercairn
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Distance 23km/14mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 157m | Descent 167m | ||
| Brehil one |
Brechin—Hillside
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Distance 16km/10mi |
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Double check | U U | Ascent 170m | Descent 134m | |
| Brelau one |
Brechin—Laurencekirk
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Distance 26km/16mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 369m | Descent 399m | ||
| Bremon one |
Brechin—Montrose
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Distance 16km/10mi |
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Double check | U U | Ascent 191m | Descent 143m | |
| Bremon two |
Brechin—Montrose
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Distance 18km/11mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 185m | Descent 137m | ||
| Clobre one |
Clova—Brechin
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Distance 41km/25mi |
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Double check | U U | Ascent 1,437m | Descent 1,252m | |
| Forbre one |
Forfar—Brechin
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Distance 26km/16mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 406m | Descent 394m | ||
| Kirbre one |
Kirriemuir—Brechin
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Distance 26km/16mi |
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Pioneer me | U U | Ascent 364m | Descent 434m |
Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Brechin and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Collective progress
34% of Brechin’s nine route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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2 people have contributed to Brechin’s Slow Ways
3 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Brechin
102km out of 267km have been walked and reviewed
101km of reviews have been shared in Brechin
Latest Updates
I did this route in reverse (from Brechin to Auchronie), and it's a lovely way to do it: you begin in the town of Brechin and walk out on a main country road that dwindles to a single track up to the Iron Age Catherthuns forts and suddenly Glen Lethnot and the Angus Glens are laid out before you. It's a steady road walk winding up pretty Glen Lethnot to Stoneyford where in theory I should have been able to turn onto a path up the Clash of Wirren....
JoB
I walked this way in May 2022. At grid ref. NO 6781 6047 the route is impassable. It’s supposed to go across a bridge but the way is blocked by metal barriers. I carried on along the field margin, negotiating a tricky ditch crossing) to emerge (backwards through a hole in a hedge) on to the lane at. NO 6840 6061 and was able to rejoin the route Altogether, not ideal, particularly for anyone with mobility problems....
Litehiker
From here the path climbs up the right hand side of Loch Brandy, this is a less well made path climbing steeply up through boulders, large stones and muddy patches. At the top you turn right onto a path over rough level ground to a deer fence. I carried along beside this fence right up to The Goet, this is gently undulating uphill, there isn't really a path, just peat hags alternating with rough grass, with some bog and a couple of lochans. Back at the fence line there is a small stile, cross here and you will see your path below to the right snaking down Black Shank. There was no break in the fence line or clear path and to get across the field steeply down to the marked bridge I would have had to cross a field with lambs and ground nesting birds in, so I continued on the road instead, which snakes alongside the Water of Saughs through the Glenlethnot estate to Bridgend and then Burnfoot. I took the road right down to Kirkton of Menmuir and turned right there as again there were livestock in the field and no clear path where the SlowWays route tracks....
JoB
Slow Ways Cristie added Aucbre two, a new walk from Auchronie to Brechin
Walk this routeThe only other alternative is to loop up onto the A935 which means a 2k walk on an arterial road with no verges and 1k on a minor road...
JoB
Slow Ways added Brefet one, a new walk from Brechin to Fettercairn
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Brefet two, a new walk from Brechin to Fettercairn
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Brelau one, a new walk from Brechin to Laurencekirk
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Kirbre one, a new walk from Kirriemuir to Brechin
Walk this routeBrechin’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
NO5970560183
Lat / Lon
56.73154° / -2.66019°
Easting / Northing
359,705E / 760,183N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Brechin's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
Official ‘Walkers are Welcome’ town
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