Walks you can reach from Mount Vernon by train

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

Partick (Rail) to Bowling (Lanarkshire)

30 minutes direct from Mount Vernon.

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).

Rutherglen to East Kilbride (Lanarkshire)

6 minutes direct from Mount Vernon.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Motherwell to Larkhall (Lanarkshire)

15 minutes direct from Mount Vernon.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Stepps to Bargeddie (Lanarkshire)

5 minutes direct from Mount Vernon.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Shettleston to Bargeddie (Lanarkshire)

5 minutes direct from Mount Vernon.

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.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Rolling

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