The road measures 67.99 miles long and would take a car obeying speed limits 1 hours and 33 minutes to travel its length.
The A697 is a A Road and is located in the Zone 6 Highways Region.
This is a true long-distance route, journeying through numerous towns like Oxton, LAUDER, GORDON, Greenlaw, COLDSTREAM, CORNHILL-ON-TWEED, Crookham, Milfield, Akeld, WOOLER, Low Humbleton, West Lilburn, Wooperton, Powburn, Glanton, Whittingham, Thrunton, Edlingham, Longframlington, Longhorsley, Espley, and MORPETH.
The road passes through several counties, including Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale, Berwickshire, and Northumberland.