News
Here, we'll keep you up to date with all the latest news from innerhaven.
Air Maiden 2010 – Women’s Freeride Event
The Air Maiden women’s freeride event lands in Glentress for the third year running! At last! Air Maiden 2010 has been confirmed for the weekend of June 26 and 27 and we are all hoping the schedule change will mean this year’s all-women freeriding weekend is a much sunnier experience than 2008 and 2009, both [...]
iXS European Cup Series Comes to Innerleithen | 28-30 May
Round 1 of the 2010 iXS European Cup series comes to the Tweed Valley for May Bank Holiday weekend. Whether you’re planning to race or spectate…or both (!) – this is definitely an event nobody should miss!
2010 Premier Demo Series @ Glentress
May 22nd – 23rd sees the 2010 Premier Demo Series roll into Glentress and gives you the chance to test ride bikes from Cove Bikes, Intense, Rocky Mountain, Turner, Titus and Mondraker in a relaxed friendly atmosphere. Find out more!
Bike Radar’s Glentress Demo Day | April 18th 2010
Choose the best brands to ride the best trails – Bike Radar are bringing an array of top-notch bikes for you to try at the superb Glentress trail centre…go on, give yourself a treat! What are you waiting for?
Fun + Excitement = Trailquest!!
With dates and events in April, May and June this year there’s no excuse not to find out why Mountain Bike Orienteering (AKA Trailquest) is such a fun and exciting way to enjoy mountain biking in the beautiful scenery of Glentress and Innerleithen.
XC at Innerleithen | Alastair Lees Memorial Time Trial
This ever popular cross country time trial race is all set for the 28th March this year, but get your entries in fast as it always sells out fast!
Glentress Demo Days
Thinking of a new bike, but want to try before you buy? Then check out the Glentress Demo Day for the latest, greatest bikes available to test and try at the superb Glentress facility.
February Special Offers
Half-term may be over for the kids…but it’s not too late to treat yourself to a very special self catering break in the heart of the Scottish Borders. Have a look around our site for more information on what you can expect from a visit here, or feel free to get in touch to receive our [...]
Scottish Borders Walking Festival
The 16th Scottish Borders Walking Festival will take place 4th – 12th September 2010 with walks to be held in and around the Tweed Valley including Peebles, Innerleithen, Walkerburn, West Linton and Selkirk.
Christmas Self-catering Accommodation in Scotland
So you fancy a festive break in Scotland? Maybe even a week away in the Scottish Borders town of Innerleithen over Christmas? Who says you need to break the bank to crack open the Christmas Bucks Fizz in unique and luxurious surroundings? Whilst many holiday cottages and self catering accommodation providers in Scotland charge a [...]
Innerhaven rated “outstanding”
Innerhaven is proud to have been voted "outstanding" in a recent 7stanes (MTB Trail Centres) mystery shopper exercise commissioned by Scottish Enterprise in partnership with Forestry Commission Scotland. The research looked at the quality of the experience of visitors to the south of Scotland who come to take part in mountain biking at the 7stanes [...]
The Mighty Deerstalker Event 2010
Saturday 20th March 2010 sees the Deerstalker return to Innerleithen – it’s "a turbo-charged roller coaster of a run. It’s fun, it’s fast, it’s action-packed and it’s as tough as you can bear. This is Fun Run meets Fell Race meets Hellrunner meets Tough Guy. It’s Rat Race in the countryside and it’s much more [...]
Marie Curie Cancer Care Fundraiser | Innerleithen | 27th November 2009
Our friend Gordon Smith is organising a disco fund raising night for Marie Curie Cancer Care on the The 27th November 2009 (7-30pm to 12-00pm) at the Union Club, Innerleithen High Street – everybody’s welcome to come along to what will be a cracking night out! Ticket price is £10.00 with all proceeds going to [...]
Visitor Transport Service Launched
Andy’s busy setting up GO-WHERE – a unique passenger transport service dedicated to whisking visitors – including mountain bikers (and bikes), cyclists, walkers and golfers – to a host of great places in Southern and Northern Scotland. Keep an eye on the new website as things come together, and don’t hesitate to get in touch [...]
Tweed Valley in Norwegian Love Affair
We’re always excited about visitors coming to stay at Innerhaven and getting to know Innerleithen and the Tweed Valley – whether it be for mountain biking, walking, relaxing or whatever – but when we have overseas visitors who’ve chosen to pay our little town a visit because of its global status as a mountain bike [...]
Stramash freeride festival comes to Glentress
***Stramash event postponed until next year – we’ll bring you more information when we have it*** A brand new mountain biking event will be held at Glentress in Scotland’s Tweed Valley on the 19-20th September. Saturday is a day of slopestyle competition, culminating in a floodlit finale starring top UK freeriders. On Sunday the enduro [...]
Rat Race in Edinburgh – 18th & 19th July
The Rat Race is coming to Edinburgh, so if you’re staying in Innerleithen nip into town and don’t miss out on an unforgettable day of adventure! So what is the Rat Race? It’s an urban adventure challenge event that turns cities into high-adrenaline adventure playgrounds for participants of all abilities. Teams of three and pairs [...]
Peebles handed stage start in Tour of Britain
PEEBLES’ status as one of the hubs of the Scottish cycling scene was underlined yesterday when the route of this year’s Tour of Britain was unveiled in London, and the small Borders town was confirmed as the venue for a stage start. Stage three, on Monday 14 September, will roll out from Peebles for a [...]
If there’s just one thing you must watch this year: Danny MacAskill Video
As you’ll probably have guessed, riding bikes is a big part of our lives. And whether you ride bikes or not, we’d be very very surprised if this video doesn’t stop you in your tracks! Danny MacAskill’s a local rider who I’ve known since his Aviemore days. He was an incredibly talented rider then – [...]
British National XC Champs 18/19 July 2009
Innerleithen MTB Racing and i-Cycles are bringing the British National XC Mountainbike Champs 2009 to Innerleithen, and even better, it’s a combined event, with Descent Gear/MSC Bikes providing the Downhill Champs. So, if you’re looking for the perfect Race HQ, then look no further than innerhaven self-catering accommodation – the perfect place to rest those [...]
Spring has definitely sprung!
If April in Innerleithen’s anything to go by, we’re in for some scorching weather in the Scottish Borders this summer, so why not take advantage of our fantastic Spring / Summer accommodation offers and get yourself down to the Tweed Valley to enjoy all the area has on offer – from mountain biking the world [...]
7Stanes MTB Video…
Unbeatable trails, great scenery, superb music…check out the new video highlighting all the great biking the 7Stanes offers visitors to Southern Scotland.
Spring has sprung…
…or so it seems! Dry dusty trails, shorts instead of longs, sun overhead – could we be getting closer to summertime at last?! We were out riding today with friends and found some great new trails on our doorstep. There’s nothing better than discovering new routes, and to ride them in the dry was a [...]
Singletrack MTB Demo Days
Singletrack mountain bike magazine and Silverfish importers are running the Premier Demo Series where riders get the chance to test ride bikes from Cove Bikes, Intense, Rocky Mountain, Lapierre and Turner in one of five premier locations around the country in a relaxed friendly atmosphere. All you need to do is to show up between [...]
Homecoming: Clan Scott Society Gathering 2009
Homecoming comes to Selkirk for the Scott Clan on September 24th. The first ever international gathering of Clan Scott at its ancestral home, Bowhill, in the Scottish Borders kicks off this September. Stay at innerhaven, less than 20 minutes from the majestic Bowhill, and join in the historical re-enactment of the Carterhaugh Ba’ Game, displays [...]
MBR | ‘Secret Stanes’ Feature | Feb 2009
MBR (Mountain Bike Rider) magazine invited me to show them some of the less well known trails for their ‘Secret Stanes’ feature in their February issue which is on sale now. The idea behind the feature is to showcase how much quality riding exists in the Tweed Valley on top of all the amazing purpose [...]
Homecoming Scotland 2009
This month sees the launch of Homecoming 2009, to mark the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns. It officially opens with a weekend of celebrations planned throughout Scotland on 23-25 January kicking off the 10-month national programme featuring more than 300 events. And with so much of the action taking place on our doorstep in the [...]
MTB Bike Demo Day @ Glentress
Publisher of MBUK, What Mountain Bike, Cyclingnews and Bike Radar are behind a series of bike demo days at seven UK venues throughout 2009 from January to April. The events will give bike fans the opportunity to test the latest mountain bikes while bringing together leading cycling brands. And guess what? One of them is [...]
The Mighty Deerstalker | March 21st | 2009
The Deerstalker is an "adventure run" which sets off from Traquair House near Innerleithen. With distance options at 5 km (ish) and 10 km (and a bit) nearly 1,000 runners took part in 2008. It was a riot for all involved. To top off a great days adventure racing there was the ‘mobbed – gale [...]
Transcend MTB Coaching
Lots of innerhaven’s guests come and stay to enjoy the world class mountain biking right on our doorstep in Innerleithen and Glentress. And repeatedly we hear "Great trails, but I’d like to be better at…", or "the trails are fantastic, I just wish my riding was as good!" We’ve been biking for over 20 years [...]
Don’t lose sleep over the credit crunch…
…when you can rest easy in innerhaven’s luxurious surroundings for just £11.90* per night!!! And don’t think for a second that with accommodation prices this good that we’re skimping on quality. Our most recent guests left these kind comments: "Completely blown away by innerhaven. Exceeded all our expectations and great hosts. Don’t go changing [...]
A Torrid Affair…
Recently, my pal Andy and me escaped up north for a couple of days biking and blethering in the mountains near Torridon, in Scotland’s north west Highlands…and what can I say about the riding other than "absolutely stunning"! innerhaven’s going down a treat with guests, and bookings are coming thick and fast so it’s been [...]
No place like home…
We’re just back from a fortnights riding in various parts of Italy – around vertical mountains and perilous singletrack above Lake Garda (601 Trail!!!), and the lush jungle landscape around Finale Ligure – and we’d never thought we’d hear ourselves saying "isn’t it nice to be home!". More specifically, isn’t it nice to be back [...]
Air Maiden – Ladies Freeride MTB Festival
Join in on the UK’s first women-only freeride event on the 4th and 5th October 2008. innerhaven wants Tweed Valley visitors to know all about this unique two day ladies mountainbike freeride event. With top level coaching and mtb displays on Saturday, there’s a BBQ on the Sunday, and a fun competition for everyone to [...]
What our guests think of innerhaven…
Our aim is to make innerhaven a great place for you to stay, so we thought we’d share a few encouraging comments from our guest book: [Some very kind words from Stig Nerland, one of our recent Norwegian visitors] "Andy McKenna and his wife Aneela moved from Glasgow to Innerleithen due to their passion for [...]
Was Scotland built by Mountain Bikers…the Times thinks so!
The Times newspaper picks mountain biking in Southern Scotland as one of the best ways to "reboot your summer and banish those school-holiday, dogday blues." Many of our guests already know that, but if you’re still pondering what to do with the last of the summer then why not book up one of our special [...]