Walks you can reach from Kirkwood by train

Lanarkshire · Scotland

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A day hike is just a simple train journey away — plan your next day of green.

Partick (Rail)
River Clyde by Night by Allan Ogg

Partick (Rail) to Bowling (Lanarkshire)

30 minutes direct from Kirkwood.

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

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

Walk details: ScotRail (tips).

18
KM
Motherwell
"Chatelherault" Ferniegair, Hamilton. Scotland by The Jacobite

Motherwell to Larkhall (Lanarkshire)

15 minutes direct from Kirkwood.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 3h30–7h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Rolling
14
KM
Rutherglen
George Square, Glasgow by S Munir Photography

Rutherglen to East Kilbride (Lanarkshire)

15 minutes direct from Kirkwood.

Time: 2h30–5h30

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

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Steep
10
KM
Stepps
Sunset Meets Geology 01 by byronv2

Stepps to Bargeddie (Lanarkshire)

3 minutes direct from Kirkwood.

Time: 2h30–4h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

GPX
Rolling
9
KM
Shettleston
Glasgow Cathedral Panorama by Christofer.Kelly

Shettleston to Bargeddie (Lanarkshire)

3 minutes direct from Kirkwood.

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: 2h–4h

Walk details: Slow Ways.

GPX
Rolling
8
KM
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