Best walks from Bishopbriggs
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Gilshochill Station to Bishopbriggs Station
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.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Milngavie Station to Bishopbriggs Station
11km. Moderate ascents.
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Bishopbriggs Station to Shettleston Station
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.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Bishopbriggs Station to Stepps Station
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
Bishopbriggs Station to Lenzie Station
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.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Glasgow Central Station to Bishopbriggs Station
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.