Southern Uplands

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The Southern Uplands is the southernmost of Scotland's three major geographic areas (the others being the Central Belt and the Highlands). It is a range of hills and mountains almost 200 km long, stretching from Stranraer in the Irish Sea to East Lothian and the North Sea. Geographically, it also includes the Cheviot Hills on the English-Scottish border. Overall, it is therefore similar in length to the Pennines that form the "backbone of England", and also of similar height, with its highest peaks being below 900 m above sea level. Although the summits are not high in comparison with the Scottish Highlands and other famous mountain regions, the area is remote and mountainous, containing about 120 marilyns.

Some of the more notable peaks include:

• Merrick (843 m)
• Broad Law (840 m)
• White Coomb (822 m)
• The Cheviot (815 m)
• Corserine (814 m)
• Cairnsmore of Carsphairn (797 m)
• Lamachan Hill (717 m)
• Cairnsmore of Fleet (711 m)
• Tinto (711 m)

The Southern Upland Way is a 212 mile (340 km) coast to coast walk between Portpatrick in the west and Cockburnspath in the east.