Best walks from Clydebank

Kilpatrick Station to Clydebank Station

A beautiful and easy to follow route along the canal; Pleasant with lots of interest; a lovely route, the majority of which is off-road. A beautiful, easy and very flat canal walk, almost entirely off-road and tarmacked along the Forth and Clyde Canal towpath, with slight inclines at points. A rural feel despite the industrial outskirts and with the towering Erskine Bridge coming into view. Suitable for cyclists and wheelchairs. Follows the Forth and Clyde Canal towpath. Of interest are the world's first 'drop lock' at Dalmuir, the towering Erskine Bridge, and the animated clock in Clydebank Shopping Centre. Moorhens and herons can be seen on the canal.

Easy: 4km, moderate ascents.

Lunch: Shopping centre with places to eat at the Clydebank end.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Clydebank Station to Bearsden Station

A demanding suburban route along busy roads and through neglected green patches and wooded valleys, with several muddy sections and one steep and overgrown earth path climbing out of Garscadden Wood.

Tough: steep ascents. 6km.

A steep, poorly-used and overgrown earth path climbs out of Garscadden Wood and is hard going. Several muddy sections and some lonely stretches. At Drumry the route crosses a dual carriageway at a roundabout with no crossing. Best suited to fit, adventurous walkers only.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route