Best walks from Largs

Wemyss Bay Station to Largs Station

wonderful views out across the Firth of Clyde to the islands and the Cowal Peninsula. Walks almost entirely on quiet tarmacked back lanes with verges and hedges full of wild flowers and well above the busy coast road. Easy going overall with a few quite steep uphill sections. Wemyss Bay has one of the most beautiful railway stations in the country.

Tough: steep ascents. 10km.

Lunch: No facilities along the way (other than a bus stop north of Skelmorlie Bridge); cafe and toilets at Wemyss Bay and plenty at Largs.

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Largs Station to West Kilbride Station

beautiful scenery. Pavements and coastal footpaths out of Largs, then mostly tarmac forest tracks and estate roads inland, with sections of foot/cycle path beside the A78. Easy walking surfaces throughout and with a final uphill stretch on Drummilling Road. A tidal lagoon along the route is full of birdlife. The author has not walked it on the ground.

13km.

The route crosses the busy A78 twice with no formal pedestrian crossings; take care. Drummilling Road into West Kilbride has no verge and blind summits and corners, so walk with care.

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Largs Station to Greenock Central Station

Tough: 21km, steep ascents.

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Largs Station to Gourock Station

Tough: 30km, steep ascents.

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Largs Station to Dalry Station

Roads and clear tracks at either end and but the central moorland section beyond Glenside Wood becomes a trackless bog with no path on the ground.

Tough: steep ascents. 18km.

The route is not passable as mapped: beyond Diamond Hill the marked line is just a trackless bog for around a mile, with no clear path. One reviewer was forced to turn back. Can be muddy.

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