Walks you can reach from Alloa by train
Clackmannanshire · Scotland
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Lenzie Station to Stepps Station (Lanarkshire)
30m direct from Alloa.
A route on core paths, cycleways, pavements and minor roads and crossing main roads at traffic lights.
9km.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Bishopbriggs Station to Shettleston Station (Lanarkshire)
45m direct from Alloa.
Easy: 9km, moderate ascents.
The footpath linking Littlehill Golf Club to Acredyke Road (east of Stobhill Hospital) was found overgrown with Japanese knotweed and impassable, not feeling safe underfoot.
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Bishopbriggs Station to Stepps Station (Lanarkshire)
45m direct from Alloa.
Easy: 7km, moderate ascents.
The footpath linking Littlehill Golf Club to Acredyke Road (east of Stobhill Hospital) was found overgrown with Japanese knotweed and impassable, not feeling safe underfoot.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Milngavie Station to Bishopbriggs Station (Stirlingshire)
45m direct from Alloa.
11km. Moderate ascents.
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Glasgow Central Station to Bishopbriggs Station (Lanarkshire)
45m direct from Alloa.
A fairly direct urban route on pavements that climbs out of Bishopbriggs to Springburn Park, then drops through Springburn and follows the main road into central Glasgow and weaving cleverly through underpasses and flyovers around the M8 junction. Includes a number of steps. Connects Glasgow's two main railway stations and the bus station, passing George Square; Springburn station is also on the route.
Tough: steep ascents. 7km.
A short stretch runs along the busy A803, and the footways negotiating the M8 junction can be fume-filled and tricky to navigate.
Lunch: Shops and facilities at Springburn around the halfway point.
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Larbert Station to Falkirk Grahamston Station (Stirlingshire)
15m direct from Alloa.
A surprisingly green and varied short walk for an apparently urban route, making good use of green spaces including a pleasant stretch of the River Carron, a cemetery, woodland and a short section of the Forth and Clyde Canal and with urban road walking at each end. Riverside paths can be muddy. Includes a short stretch of the Forth and Clyde Canal towpath, passing the Rosebank Distillery.
Easy: 5km, moderate ascents.
The descent to the riverside path from the cemetery is muddy and easy to miss; a surfaced parallel path through the park above the river is a mud-free alternative. Care needed crossing the busy A9 to reach the canal towpath, and passing through the Falkirk Council yard.
Lunch: Good facilities at both ends.
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Gilshochill Station to Bishopbriggs Station (Lanarkshire)
45m direct from Alloa.
A short, simple route through housing estates on the northern edge of Glasgow and with a short muddy section after wet weather and small patches of woodland. An easy alternative avoids the muddy section via Duncryne Place and Brackenbrae Road.
Easy: 4km, moderate ascents.
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Bridge of Allan Station to Stirling Station (Stirlingshire)
8m direct from Alloa.
lovely views. A very direct but dull, functional route following the pavement next to the main road between the two towns, with reasonable-quality lit pavements throughout. The exception is a steep and cobbled humpbacked bridge over the River Forth.
Easy: 4km, moderate ascents.
The humpbacked bridge over the River Forth is steep and cobbled, with 100m of cobbles and a 9% gradient on one side. The parallel road bridge is closed to pedestrians.
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Bishopbriggs Station to Lenzie Station (Lanarkshire)
30m direct from Alloa.
A rough, adventurous route. The section along Crosshill Road has no pavement and only a very rough, narrow verge beside a fast, busy road and beyond the B812 junction there is no obvious path at all.
Easy: 6km, moderate ascents.
Crosshill Road is a fast, busy road with no pavement and only a rough, narrow verge. Beyond the B812 junction there is no clear path and it likely involves walking through a farm field beside the railway. A small path along the south side of the railway through Lenzie avoids much of the road.