Walks you can reach from Westerton by train

Easy, flat Kelvin Walkway and Forth & Clyde Canal towpath out of Glasgow, Kelvin Aqueduct to Bowling, through varied landscape and habitat.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Towpath can be slippery after rain; good footwear advised.

Walk details: ScotRail (tips).

Recommended: 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.

Coastal: three quarters along the coast.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)

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

Walk details: Slow Ways.

An urban route mixing busier roads (the B765) with the off-road Clyde Walkway into Uddingston and avoiding a rural 60mph road with no verges. Follows the Clyde Walkway. Detours possible into Cambuslang or Newton to break the journey. Sustrans plan to reopen the Carmyle–Westburn viaduct as a walking and cycling route.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Lunch: The only facilities on the route are a small shop and a pair of pubs in Carmyle, about a third of the way along.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a third of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A direct, mostly off-road route on paths and grass through parkland, with some single-track paths and stairs. A short and sometimes overgrown section near a petrol station at Mount Vernon.

Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: A fifth urban.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Wide pavements through Hamilton give way to a well-surfaced wooded cycle track, then long, undulating riverside paths along the Clyde and River Avon through wooded gorge and countryside. Moderately demanding with frequent changes of gradient, some steep steps and muddy sections. Passes through Chatelherault Country Park; a road alternative reaches Chatelherault House (with cafe and excellent views) avoiding woodland steps. The narrow Millheugh Steps can be bypassed via Sunnyside.

Woodland: half under tree cover.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: After crossing the busy Bothwell Road, the riverside gorge path undulates with some steep steps. The route wrongly suggests access to the Duke's Bridge from the path below; leave the riverside about 1km earlier (signposted). A muddy path leads into Larkhall near the finish.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Residential streets and a well-surfaced cycle track give way to rough, potentially muddy unsurfaced paths, then the attractive North Calder Heritage Trail beside an abandoned canal, before busy roads into Holytown. Urban at both ends and attractive in the middle. Follows the North Calder Heritage Trail for about 2km, with the abandoned canal on one side and the North Calder river on the other.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a fifth of the walk. A middle section over rough ground via unsurfaced, potentially muddy and isolated paths needs care (boots advised; cyclists may struggle). The section along the B802 and Bo'ness Road through roundabouts into Holytown is very busy and noisy (though with a good wide pavement). The mapped route was closed by a temporary barrier at Holytown, requiring a short diversion via Melrose Avenue.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Follows a shared railway path between Caldercruix and Plains and then climbs behind houses and through a park before pavement walking on the main Airdrie road and quieter parallel residential streets.

Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a quarter of the walk. A fifth urban.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a third of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Woodland: a third under tree cover.

Time: 10h (7h30 walking, 1h30 lunch, 1h break)

Warnings: Follows a busy road for two fifths of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.