171 Burghead to Spey Bay
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Burghead to Spey Bay via Hopeman, Lossiemouth, Kingston, Garmouth. 3*
moderate
Distance 31.9 km
7:54 h
62 m
65 m
57 m
0 m
Burghead to Spey Bay via Hopeman, Lossiemouth, Kingston, Garmouth.
Straight onto the Moray Coast Trail for a bit of cliff path, tarmac cycleway, dunes, beach, shingle and a few small harbours. Gradually flattens out to a sandy beach into Lossiemouth. After Lossiemouth more sandy beach becoming shingle and dunes. Inland to cross viaduct following cycleway, seafront lane to end.
Moray Coast Trail
Speyside Way
Very little road walking now that a marked trail appears. Great variety of surfaces: Cliff paths, cycleways, dunes and beaches with the arches and stacks around the permo-triassic sandstone to look at as far as Hopeman. The coast then flattens with a beach walk alongside a golf course and around the end of the runway at RAF Lossiemouth. After the town it is over a narrow footbridge and straight back onto the beach which grades to shingle. Eventually dip inland to cross the Spey Viaduct and back out again to briefly pick up the Speyside Way for Spey Bay and a few lanes to end.
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Straight onto the Moray Coast Trail for a bit of cliff path, tarmac cycleway, dunes, beach, shingle and a few small harbours. Gradually flattens out to a sandy beach into Lossiemouth. After Lossiemouth more sandy beach becoming shingle and dunes. Inland to cross viaduct following cycleway, seafront lane to end.
Moray Coast Trail
Speyside Way
Very little road walking now that a marked trail appears. Great variety of surfaces: Cliff paths, cycleways, dunes and beaches with the arches and stacks around the permo-triassic sandstone to look at as far as Hopeman. The coast then flattens with a beach walk alongside a golf course and around the end of the runway at RAF Lossiemouth. After the town it is over a narrow footbridge and straight back onto the beach which grades to shingle. Eventually dip inland to cross the Spey Viaduct and back out again to briefly pick up the Speyside Way for Spey Bay and a few lanes to end.
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More info and views at GBCoastWalk.com
Difficulty
moderate
Technique
Stamina
Highest point
57 m
Lowest point
0 m
Start
Coordinates:
OS Grid
NJ 11398 68541
DD
57.697929, -3.488139
DMS
57°41'52.5"N 3°29'17.3"W
UTM
30V 470904 6395185
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Coordinates
OS Grid
NJ 11398 68541
DD
57.697929, -3.488139
DMS
57°41'52.5"N 3°29'17.3"W
UTM
30V 470904 6395185
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike
Difficulty
moderate
Distance
31.9 km
Duration
7:54 h
Ascent
62 m
Descent
65 m
Highest point
57 m
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