B6358

The B6358 crosses the hills to the west of the Scottish border town of Jedburgh.

Approach to Jedburgh

The route starts on the A698 just to the east of its bridge over the Rule Water, a tributary of the River Teviot - and the junction is therefore essentially in the valley of the Teviot. It heads eastwards and quickly climbs up into the hills, around a series of bends which ease the climb somewhat. The route levels out a little as it passes through a small block of woodland, and then crosses a small burn, before climbing once more. After passing through another small wood, the last spurt across the fields for the summit is almost completely straight, allowing for excellent views in the rear-view mirror. The route has a summit of 254m as it passes to the north of Dunion Hill before starting to descend. The views ahead soon open up to be just as impressive as those to the north, but a series of tight winding bends take the full attention of the driver at first. The route passes the golf course before kinking left onto a long straight that leads down into Jedburgh.

The route enters town on Castle Gate, passing the castle (which appears out of nowhere) before kinking left in front of the castle itself. The street ahead is much wider, lined with parked cars and some impressive old stone buildings. It drops steeply down into the Market Place, which lies below the precincts of the ruined Abbey, one of the four notable Borders Abbeys. The route originally ended here on the pre-bypass A68. Now, however, it TOTSOs right to run along Canongate and end at a T-junction on the current line of the A68.

The 1922 MOT Road List defines this route as: Jedburgh - Spittal