Carrifran Wildwood
A glen in the Moffat Hills being returned to native woodland by the Borders Forest Trust since the turn of the millennium, with paths from a car park on the A708.
In a steep-sided glen in the Moffat Hills, one of southern Scotland's most ambitious rewilding projects is under way.
Since the turn of the millennium, the Borders Forest Trust has been planting native trees at Carrifran, setting out to return the valley to the wooded, wildlife-rich place it once was.
The young woodland is already filling out along the valley floor, and the wildlife is coming back with it. On a spring walk you might see jays and buzzards, long-tailed tits and thrushes, and even lizards.
From the car park off the A708, paths make a short loop through the new woods, with a longer and sometimes soggy extension heading much further up the glen. Allow a couple of hours to explore it. The glen is always open and free to visit, but there is no public transport nearby.
Open at any hour and free.
- Where
- The A708 north-east of Moffat.
- Planting since
- The turn of the millennium.
- Run by
- The Borders Forest Trust.
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