<P> There are no major airports within the area . The nearest international passenger airports are Glasgow Prestwick International Airport, Glasgow International Airport and Edinburgh Airport . Vehicle ferries operate between Stranraer and Cairnryan in Scotland and Belfast and Larne in Northern Ireland respectively . </P> <P> There are numerous walks through the Southern Uplands . These include the Southern Upland Way, a 212 - mile (341 km) coast to coast walk between Portpatrick in the west and Cockburnspath in the east . </P> <P> There is some good rock climbing in the Southern Uplands, particularly in the western portion, the Galloway Hills . The majority of the climbing is on good quality granite, often slabby and sometimes a bit broken in nature . In cold winters there is good ice climbing on the hills of Craignaw, Merrick and Cairnsmore of Fleet . </P> <P> The 7stanes are seven mountain biking centres spanning the south of Scotland, from the heart of the Scottish Borders to Dumfries and Galloway . They are on Forestry Commission land and along with schemes in Wales are regarded as the benchmark by which further trails in the UK should be developed . They are known as the 7stanes because each venue features a' stane' (Scots for stone) somewhere along the forest trails . </P>

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