Walks you can reach from Camelon by train

Highly recommended: The highlight of the route is the spectacular Avon Aqueduct. A simple, direct and easy-to-follow walk mostly along the Union Canal towpath, with an uphill section from Polmont at the start and a downhill section into Linlithgow. Good surfaces with no road sections and though the towpath is narrow in places and there are stepped sections in Linlithgow. Follows the Union Canal towpath. Linlithgow has plenty of history to explore.

1 destination pub: the Granary

Warnings: The towpath is narrow in places. Stepped sections in Linlithgow may present problems for some, though alternatives exist.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Recommended: Urban walk with some climbing, through parkland with views over the city, and along Portobello promenade.

Warnings: Some climbing.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Recommended: A very green, quiet and largely traffic-free route, gently downhill towards Edinburgh for most of the way, with a good surface throughout. It follows the Water of Leith Walkway and then the Union Canal towpath and ending through the city's parks and streets. A few steepish slopes but no stairs; the river path can be muddy in places. Follows National Cycle Route 75 for most of its length and is part of the John Muir Way; the Colinton Tunnel is a highlight. Princes Street Gardens open at 7am and close at dusk.

Lunch: Cafes near the route at Juniper Green, though most open around 10am.

Warnings: The Slateford Aqueduct has only a narrow, cobbled towpath with a drop, so take care and be patient when passing others.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Recommended: Route into Edinburgh along the shoreline and old railway path, with some modest climbing.

Walk details: Railwalks.

A good route through pedestrianised streets and the delightful old woodlands of Callendar Wood on well-made paths, then a twisty maze of little paths with steps through the Hallglen Estate, before a calm, tarmac towpath along the Union Canal. It finishes on the busy, noisy Station Road into Polmont; some steps and with likely step-free alternatives in Hallglen. Follows the Union Canal towpath. Callendar Wood is an attractive area of old woodland. Extensive woodland.

Lunch: Lots of cafes and shops in Falkirk; a small shopping centre with a supermarket in Polmont.

Warnings: Several flights of stone steps through the Hallglen Estate. At the Redding Industrial Estate the towpath briefly becomes a road open to cars. The turning off the towpath into Polmont is easy to miss. Station Road into Polmont is busy and noisy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A route on core paths, cycleways, pavements and minor roads and crossing main roads at traffic lights.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Warnings: The footpath linking Littlehill Golf Club to Acredyke Road (east of Stobhill Hospital) was found overgrown with Japanese knotweed and impassable, not feeling safe underfoot.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

An urban route on pavements and core paths and taking in as much green space as possible.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A surprisingly green and varied short walk for an apparently urban route, making good use of green spaces including a pleasant stretch of the River Carron, a cemetery, woodland and a short section of the Forth and Clyde Canal and with urban road walking at each end. Riverside paths can be muddy. Includes a short stretch of the Forth and Clyde Canal towpath, passing the Rosebank Distillery. Extensive woodland.

Lunch: Good facilities at both ends.

Warnings: The descent to the riverside path from the cemetery is muddy and easy to miss; a surfaced parallel path through the park above the river is a mud-free alternative. Care needed crossing the busy A9 to reach the canal towpath, and passing through the Falkirk Council yard.

Walk details: Slow Ways.