Walks you can reach from Cambuslang by train
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Rutherglen to East Kilbride (Lanarkshire)
3 minutes direct from Cambuslang.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a third of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.

Uddingston to Hamilton West (Lanarkshire)
4 minutes direct from Cambuslang.
Tarmac and compacted-earth riverside footpaths (sometimes narrow) with good views over the river and plus longer stretches of pavement through Bothwell and a retail park. A varied route with an uphill finish. Follows the Clyde Walkway / National Cycle Route 75 along the riverside. Bothwell Castle was undergoing extensive restoration and closed to visitors (Sept 2022).
Woodland: two fifths under tree cover.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk. The riverside sections can feel isolated and may become muddy after rain.
Walk details: Slow Ways.

Bellshill to Airdrie (Lanarkshire)
8 minutes direct from Cambuslang.
A combination of paths and roads and off-road tracks with few climbs.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Slow Ways.

Hamilton West to Larkhall (Lanarkshire)
15 minutes direct from Cambuslang.
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.

Motherwell to Larkhall (Lanarkshire)
15 minutes direct from Cambuslang.

Larkhall to Wishaw (Lanarkshire)
30 minutes direct from Cambuslang.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a third of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.

Wishaw to Shotts (Lanarkshire)
30 minutes direct from Cambuslang.

Wishaw to Carluke (Lanarkshire)
30 minutes direct from Cambuslang.

Carluke to Shotts (Lanarkshire)
30 minutes direct from Cambuslang.

Carluke to Fauldhouse (Lanarkshire)
30 minutes direct from Cambuslang.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.

Carluke to Lanark (Lanarkshire)
30 minutes direct from Cambuslang.
A lovely rural path for the most part, with a small section of deep puddles and mud that persists even after a dry spell, two farm crossings (one requiring a gate climb) and a very steep section towards the end.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: A small section has deep puddles and mud even after a dry fortnight. The route crosses through two farms, with a gate to climb at the second. Very steep towards the end.
Walk details: Slow Ways.

Fauldhouse to West Calder (West Lothian)
30 minutes direct from Cambuslang.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a fifth of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.