Walks you can reach from Bogston by train

Highly recommended: Lovely views as you'd expect; It was gorgeous; a gorgeous walk of three fairly different thirds; a wonderful route; Excellent view, a variety of scenery. A gorgeous coastal walk of three contrasting thirds: a winding climb out of Wemyss Bay onto a picturesque, slightly muddy and stony lane with a lovely tree tunnel, then a wooded shore footpath past beaches and finally a long pavement stretch beside the A78 with beautiful firth views. Several flights of steps at Inverkip. An excellent bus service runs down the Clyde coast between Glasgow and Largs, allowing the route to be split. Dolphins are occasionally seen offshore; Bute, Arran, Dunoon and Cowal are visible. Facilities at Inverkip and Lunderston Bay. Extensive woodland.

Lunch: Several possible lunch stops in Inverkip, midway, plus toilets and facilities at Lunderston Bay.

Warnings: The way up through Inverkip is extremely steep in places with several flights of stone steps (a switchback road bypasses them). The final third runs along a wide pavement beside the busy A78. The farm track has several gates to negotiate.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A very direct, varied urban walk full of contrasts, mixing main roads, residential streets, high streets, footpaths, parks and greenspaces through old and new and upmarket and downmarket neighbourhoods. Some steps at the Shettleston end. Passes the Hovis factory and over the St Enoch subway station; intersects many bus routes.

Lunch: Many shops, cafés, takeaways and restaurants, especially around Glasgow Central and Argyle Street; a wide choice of eating around the halfway point near Duke Street, then options thin out until Shettleston.

Warnings: The wooded entrance to Greenfield Recreation Ground may feel daunting for solo walkers at quiet times. Some steps, including at Shettleston station.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A fairly direct urban route on pavements that climbs out of Bishopbriggs to Springburn Park, then drops through Springburn and follows the main road into central Glasgow and weaving cleverly through underpasses and flyovers around the M8 junction. Includes a number of steps. Connects Glasgow's two main railway stations and the bus station, passing George Square; Springburn station is also on the route.

Lunch: Shops and facilities at Springburn around the halfway point.

Warnings: A short stretch runs along the busy A803, and the footways negotiating the M8 junction can be fume-filled and tricky to navigate.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Recommended: all the coastal views were wonderful. A mostly gorgeous coastal walk along the off-road esplanade beside the Clyde Estuary, using an official cycle track from the station to avoid the first main-road section and railway steps. There are some stretches on the pavement of the main road and a more industrial section past the container terminal. Views across to Helensburgh.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

the views however are excellent. A largely road-based route, fairly dull in places, leaving Bishopton on pavemented roads and a short estate path, then about a kilometre on pavement-less Drumcross Road before good pavement leads up onto the Erskine Bridge. The bridge crossing is safe behind barriers, with a few short diversions onto the cycle lane and a fairly simple but one steep downhill section into Old Kilpatrick. Crosses the Erskine Bridge. A garden centre at the south end of the bridge has toilets and a cafe.

Lunch: Garden centre with toilets and a cafe at the south end of the Erskine Bridge.

Warnings: Drumcross Road (after the M8) has no pavement or verge for about a kilometre, with bends requiring crossing sides; care needed with constant traffic. One steep downhill section into Old Kilpatrick.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Follows good paths all the way between the two town centres and sticking largely to the vehicular route with one quieter stretch beside Thornley Dam. Some exposed sections can be tough in strong wind.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

An easy, well-surfaced city walk with lovely sections beside the Clyde and through Glasgow Green and following the Clyde Walkway. Straightforward to navigate. Follows the Clyde Walkway and the main cycle route; a riverside stretch near the Police Scotland building was under repair (April 2022) but easily detoured via the road bridge.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

The views are wonderful. A straightforward route following the Clyde Coastal Path for most of the way: pleasant tarmac paths overlooking the Clyde estuary and with a less pleasant middle third diverting inland along the busy A8 on a wide pavement past dry docks and a marina. Follows the Clyde Coastal Path. Passes the old sugar warehouses, relics of the area's shipbuilding and shipping heritage.

Warnings: The middle third runs along the busy A8 dual carriageway; a wide pavement is provided but the going is not pleasant. A busy dual carriageway crossing near Port Glasgow (pedestrian crossing provided).

Walk details: Slow Ways.