Walks you can reach from Baillieston by train
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Partick (Rail) to Bowling (Lanarkshire)
30 minutes direct from Baillieston.
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).
Rutherglen to East Kilbride (Lanarkshire)
8 minutes direct from Baillieston.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a third of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Motherwell to Larkhall (Lanarkshire)
15 minutes direct from Baillieston.
Stepps to Bargeddie (Lanarkshire)
3 minutes direct from Baillieston.
Shettleston to Bargeddie (Lanarkshire)
3 minutes direct from Baillieston.
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.