Public Parks

  • Victoria Park
    ​Map
    ​The main park in Innerleithen, with sports facilities and a playground.
  • Princes Street Park
    ​Map
    A smaller park with flowerbeds and public benches on the other side of the Leithen Water.
  • ​Memorial Hall Park
    Map
    A quiet grassy area behind the Memorial Hall, away from the busier streets.

Woodland

  • St. Ronan's Wood
    ​Map | Website
    ​A broadleaf and conifer forest at the base of Caerlee Hill, managed by the Woodland Trust.
  • Toll Wood
    ​Map
    ​A small woodland on the banks of the River Tweed.
  • Leithen Foot
    ​Map
    An area of lush vegetation where the Leithen Water meets the Tweed.
  • Pirn Wood
    ​Map | Website
    ​    A community woodland, managed by Innerleithen Community Trust, running along the banks of the Leithen Water and the slopes of Pirn Hill, either side of the Cuddy Brig.
  • Plora Wood
    ​Map | Website
    A broadleaf forest that adjoins Traquair Forest, managed by the Woodland Trust.

Hills

  • Caerlee Hill​
    Map
    ​Once the site of a Celtic hillfort, now an access point to Lee Pen.
  • Lee Pen
    Map
    ​A magnificent hilltop with views over both the Leithen Valley and Tweeddale.
  • Pirn Hill
    Map
    ​A companion to Caerlee Hill, also once the site of a hillfort, now the site of a public sculpture and an access point to both Caberston Forest and Pirn Craig.

Forests

  • ​Traquair Forest​
    Map
    A conifer plantation and 7Stanes destination, offering plenty of downhill tracks for mountain biking, accessible from the Traquair Road carpark.
  • ​Caberston Forest
    Map
    ​A conifer plantation with mountain biking trails leading to Windlestraw and Kirrie Law, accessible from the Innerleithen Golf Course carpark.
  • There are other forests within easy reach of Innerleithen: to the east, Cardrona, Glentress and Cademuir; to the west, Thornielee, Glenbenna, Glenkinnon and Yair. See Forestry and Land Scotland for more details on the main attractions of the Tweed Valley Forest Park.