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OLD RAILWAYS ON HORSEBACK
The Dava Way
The Dava way was originally a Highland railway line linking Grantown-on-Spey and
Forres. The 24 mile line was opened in 1863 and closed in 1965. The line was
built and initially operated by Inverness & Perth Junction Railway, later becoming
part of the Highland Railway in 1865.
The Dava Way Association formed in 1997 to create a multi-user path along the
railway line. Clearing started in 2003 after buying the former alignment. The Dava
Way was opened in 2005.
It's a beautiful, scenic and varied route, really unspoilt by tarmac and offering grassy
sections to horse ride on and also the possibility, being in Scotland, to wild camp.
There is also the Speyside Way which the horse rider can link to if making a long
distance route, travelling south. Both are perfectly accessible to horse riders.
Dava Way - Divie Viaduct © Copyright Alan
Hodgson and licensed for reuse under this Creative
Commons Licence.
Dava Way at Dunphail © Copyright I A Smellie and
licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons
Licence.
Dava Way Bridges by the Newtyle Forest ©
Copyright Richard Webb and licensed for reuse
under this Creative Commons Licence.
Dava Way halfway hut near Auchlochan © Copyright
Anne Burgess and licensed for reuse under this
Creative Commons Licence.
Grid Ref: NJ 0358 5758 Forres.
Parking opposite on verge.
Grid Ref: NJ 0249 2828 Grantown-on-Spey
Parking at Grantown-on-Spey Caravan Park Tel: 01479 872474 for permission.
Grid Ref: NJ 0358 5758 Forres.
Parking opposite on verge.
Grid Ref: NJ 0249 2828 Grantown-on-Spey
Parking at Grantown-on-Spey Caravan Park Tel: 01479 872474 for permission.
