Best walks to or from Motherwell
Lanarkshire · Scotland | Walks by train
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Motherwell Station.
Motherwell Station to Holytown Station
Short route through New Stevenston and Riccard Johnston Park, then a wooded track around the golf course (stony underfoot, sturdy shoes advised) down to South Calder Water and before joining the well-surfaced Motherwell Green Link into town. Quiet and remote in the middle. The final stretch follows the Motherwell Green Link footpath into the town centre.
Easy: 3km, moderate ascents.
The wooded track around Colville Park Golf Course is remote, unlit and rough underfoot in places (some very rough hardcore); it may not suit all travellers walking alone.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Motherwell Station to Larkhall Station
13km. Moderate ascents.
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Motherwell Station to Wishaw Station
Easy: 5km, moderate ascents.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Hamilton West Station to Motherwell Station
lovely views. A mix of residential pavements and parkland paths and with a wooded section and easy lochside walking through Strathclyde Park. Mostly flat with one steep hill in Hamilton and a long downhill section.
Easy: 5km, moderate ascents.
Steep steps up to and down from the footbridge over the railway at the Motherwell end; a level alternative via High Road and Hamilton Road avoids them. There is a dark underpass some may prefer not to walk alone.
Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route
Bellshill Station to Motherwell Station
Wide pavements out of Bellshill join the tarmac Bellshill-to-Motherwell Greenway, a multi-use path that runs off-road for most of the distance through woodland, crossing South Calder Water and passing under a tall viaduct. One narrow and muddy track section near Forgewood. Follows the Bellshill to Motherwell Greenway for most of its length.
Tough: steep ascents. 4km.
Near Forgewood the mapped route drops down a steep, muddy, neglected track (overgrown steps, some fallen trees); an easier alternative follows Talisman Crescent back to the Greenway. The Braidhurst Viaduct section feels lonely and some find it intimidating, and lampposts there have been de-activated. Crosses the busy Bellshill Road via a traffic island.