Best walks from Uddingston

Uddingston Station to Hamilton West Station

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).

Easy: 9km, moderate ascents.

The riverside sections can feel isolated and may become muddy after rain.

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East Kilbride Station to Uddingston Station

some beautiful stretches. Some beautiful stretches through Greenhall Park and along the Clyde and with a path parallel to Stoneymeadow Road. A river crossing and the descent to the Clyde can be problematic.

11km. Moderate ascents.

The Rotten Calder crossing in Greenhall Park is only passable when the river is low (otherwise continue to the road via a slight scramble); the path down to the Clyde is unclear and can be very overgrown with nettles and brambles.

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Uddingston Station to Bellshill Station

Easy: 4km, moderate ascents.

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Uddingston Station to Bargeddie Station

Tough: steep ascents. 4km.

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Shettleston Station to Uddingston Station

An urban route mixing busier roads (the B765) with the off-road Clyde Walkway into Uddingston and avoiding a rural 60mph road with no verges. Follows the Clyde Walkway. Detours possible into Cambuslang or Newton to break the journey. Sustrans plan to reopen the Carmyle–Westburn viaduct as a walking and cycling route.

11km. Moderate ascents.

Lunch: The only facilities on the route are a small shop and a pair of pubs in Carmyle, about a third of the way along.

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Cambuslang Station to Uddingston Station

Navigable throughout but relies heavily on pavements beside busy main roads, with relief on a parallel boardwalk path, a disused railway path and residential streets and a scenic farmland-and-woodland finish near Uddingston. One short stretch of ugly waste ground used as a trail-bike circuit. An alternative return follows the Clyde Walkway from above the Rotten Calder footbridge to Bridge Street in Cambuslang (scenic but a little isolated).

Easy: 7km, moderate ascents.

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