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Woodlands for forest bathing in Scottish Borders

6 places in Scottish Borders that suit forest bathing, with parking, paths and facilities on each page. Find a forest bathing guide in Scottish Borders.

Sunlit path through Cardrona Forest in the Tweed ValleyCardrona ForestSpruce, larch and pine woods with a ruined tower and Iron Age fortPath through the trees at Dawyck Botanic Garden, StoboDawyck Botanic GardenWooded glen arboretum with redwoods, Douglas firs and centuries-old treesWoodland at Glentress Forest near PeeblesGlentress ForestPonds, old Douglas firs and Tweed Valley views beyond the bike hubSunlight on the branches of a large birch in Harestanes woodland near AncrumHarestanesOld beech woods and gentle paths around a countryside centre near JedburghWoodland at The Hirsel estate, ColdstreamThe HirselEstate woods, a lake for birds and spring rhododendrons on the edge of ColdstreamWooplaw, near Galashiels in the Scottish BordersWooplaw Community WoodlandBritain's first community woodland, with ponds, a stream and woodland sculpture

Photos: Cardrona Forest, Jim Barton (CC BY-SA 2.0); Dawyck Botanic Garden, M J Richardson (CC BY-SA 2.0); Glentress Forest, Estrnc (CC BY 3.0); Harestanes, Mainlymazza (CC BY 4.0); The Hirsel, Jonathan Hutchins (CC BY-SA 2.0); Wooplaw Community Woodland, Richard Webb (CC BY-SA 2.0).