Walks you can reach from Whifflet by train

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

Partick (Rail) to Bowling (Lanarkshire)

45 minutes direct from Whifflet.

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).

Coatbridge Central to Bellshill (Lanarkshire)

2 minutes direct from Whifflet.

Time: 2h–3h30

Warnings: A fifth urban.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Motherwell to Larkhall (Lanarkshire)

7 minutes direct from Whifflet.

Woodland: a fifth under tree cover.

Time: 3h30–7h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Rutherglen to East Kilbride (Lanarkshire)

15 minutes direct from Whifflet.

Time: 2h30–5h30

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

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Lockerbie to Annan (Dumfriesshire)

1 hour direct from Whifflet.

Woodland: a quarter under tree cover.

Time: 6h30–13h

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Lockerbie to Gretna Green (Dumfriesshire)

1 hour direct from Whifflet.

Time: 8h30–17h

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

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Stepps to Bargeddie (Lanarkshire)

6 minutes direct from Whifflet.

Time: 2h30–4h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

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Shettleston to Bargeddie (Lanarkshire)

6 minutes direct from Whifflet.

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.

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