Best walks from Kilpatrick

Dumbarton Central Station to Kilpatrick Station

excellent views of Bowling Harbour and the Clyde. A very straightforward, level walk following a national cycle route, almost entirely on good surfaces alongside the canal and River Clyde. It includes a beautifully landscaped elevated walk/cycleway over Bowling, tree-shaded cuttings and a section running alongside the railway and ending through suburban streets and a park. Follows a national cycle route, largely free of steps. There is a replica Roman distance stone marking one end of the Antonine Wall near Old Kilpatrick.

8km.

Lunch: Shops and a cafe under the old railway arches at Bowling, plus services accessible from the cycle track about halfway along.

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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.

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Bishopton Station to Kilpatrick Station

the views however are excellent. A largely road-based route, fairly dull in places, leaving Bishopton on pavemented roads and a short estate path, then about a kilometre on pavement-less Drumcross Road before good pavement leads up onto the Erskine Bridge. The bridge crossing is safe behind barriers, with a few short diversions onto the cycle lane and a fairly simple but one steep downhill section into Old Kilpatrick. Crosses the Erskine Bridge. A garden centre at the south end of the bridge has toilets and a cafe.

6km.

Drumcross Road (after the M8) has no pavement or verge for about a kilometre, with bends requiring crossing sides; care needed with constant traffic. One steep downhill section into Old Kilpatrick.

Lunch: Garden centre with toilets and a cafe at the south end of the Erskine Bridge.

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Kilpatrick Station to Milngavie Station

Tough: steep ascents. 11km.

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Kilpatrick Station to Bearsden Station

Tough: steep ascents. 9km.

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Alexandria Station to Kilpatrick Station

Tough: steep ascents. 14km.

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