On this page, you will find our free motorcycle touring routes of Scotland. Without doubt some of the best motorcycling roads you will find in the UK.
We rode the Four Day route twice in 2020 had only one wet day. The three day tour around the west of Scotland is equally invigorating. I can’t decide which of them I prefer. The riding on both is simply stunning.
If you’d like to know more, there are articles in the Tour section or you can search “Scotland”.
Download, ride and enjoy … What could possibly go wrong?
When importing GPX files, your GPS or Phone navigation app will recalulate the route based on your navigation preferences. We add waypoints to hopefully minimise any differences, but it is always worth double-checking.
If you have a route that you would like to share, get in touch and with the Editor, and we will do our best to include it. Download, ride and enjoy. What could possibly go wrong? All the motorcycle touring routes are GPX 1.1 version files.
All of the motorcycle touring routes are provided “as is” without guarantee, liability or any assurances. The lawyers said we had to include that sentence. All we can tell you is that we had an excellent time planning and riding them.
Scotland Day 1
Darlington to Edinburgh
Scotland Day 2
Through the Cairngorms
Scotland Day 3
Inverness to Fort William
Scotland Day 4
Fort William to Carlise
Bonus Route
Carlisle to Harrogate
Bonus Route
Carlisle to Harrogate
For those of you that will be heading south or east, there is a bonus route through the Pennines, that ends at a petrol station in Boroughbridge, northeast of Harrogate and close to the A1.
The bonus route is best ridden early in the morning.
Breakfast can be found at the Chatterbox Cafe in Saint John’s Chapel.
Touring the West
of Scotland
There are so many stunning roads to ride that a map showing the best motorcycling routes in Scotland would simply read – “Help Yourself.”
Whereas the NC500 is perhaps the most famous route, that doesn’t mean it is the only route.
We went to the start of the NC500, at Inverness twice, and then built a completely different route.
You can download the GPX files for that tour of Scotland from this page.
And while all of that is going on, Scotland’s West and South-West region often gets overlooked, despite having arguably one of the finest 100-mile sections of motorcycling road anywhere.
Running from Dunoon to Oban, the A815 and the A83 roads run along and around Lochs, twist and turn, pass through picture-postcard villages and towns until you eventually arrive in Oban.
It is 100 miles of motorcycling bliss, but not the only reason to ride these routes.
The Queen’s Highway and the ride through the Trossachs National Park are all memorable roads to ride.
Download, ride and enjoy. What could possibly go wrong?
West of Scotland
Day One
West of Scotland
Day Two
West of Scotland
Day Three
