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Barrhead and Walton Dam, Barrhead


Walton Dam INFORMATION


Barrhead Railway Station GR NS498593 Hard from Barrhead Station Alternative start: at Balgray Reservoir carpark


GR NS507573 Moderate from Balgray Reservoir


Undulating route with a couple of steep climbs along quiet, country roads with one short section of a busier B-road


Ample parking in Barrhead


Several bars, cafe’s and restaurants in local area


Scotrail Glasgow Central to Barrhead. Regular buses from Paisley to Barrhead


Ordnance Survey Explorer 342; Landranger 64


10 The quiet roads above Barrhead offer great cycling


high over the town with exemplary views of the local countryside as well as possibly the finest views of Glasgow’s city sprawl, the conspicuous plateau of the Campsie Fells and the big, brutish Southern Highlands. This cycle makes its way quickly out of Barrhead via a very steep climb, with sumptuous views opening out promptly. Country roads then travel through marvellous open countryside and by the likes of Walton Dam and the striking outline of Duncarnock Fort (known locally as The Craigie), the fort on its summit dating back to Prehistoric times. A shorter route avoiding Barrhead town centre starts at Balgray Reservoir.


1. Facing the entrance of Barrhead Railway Station on Carlibar Road, turn right and follow the road down to Glen Street. Turn right, cycle to a mini roundabout and turn left into Church Road. The road climbs gradually, straight through a roundabout, to a set of traffic lights at Barrhead Main Street (A736). If you start at Balgray carpark turn right out of the carpark and left at St Lukes High School after half a mile 5 ways junction is reached at point 3 on the map.


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