Trips around Paisley [Updated 16.06.2024]

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Pollok Country Park

Nice park with beautiful gardens and easy access from Paisley - following the "river" White Cart Water.

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Polloktoun Bridge

Pollok House

Fairy Village

Highland cattle

Pollok Park Islands

White Cart Water

From Paisley

Jenny’s Well NR

Duncarnock Fort (from Paisley)

Duncarnock Fort (The Craigie) is a 204 m hill south of Barrhead. There are two ways to the top (mild and steep) and it is possible to park only about 500 m away making it an easy walk with very nice views.

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Glanderston dam

Duncarnock Fort

Towards Paisley

Steeper side

Corlic Hill (from Port Glasgow)

Nice mostly gravel and paved roads with some extremelly buggy sections (west of Corlic Hill and the sheep shortcut). Especially the downhill section from Corlic Hill should be taken slowly and in trail shoes, otherwise there is a big risk of arriving to the destination covered in mud as I did.

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From Scroggy Hill

Scroggy Hill

From Corlic Hill

Greenock Cut

Above Port Glasgow

Windfarm

Scroggy Hill

Sheep

Windy Hill (from Lochwinnoch)

Relatively long paved road section with very slow ascent / descent, so perfectly suitable for running (would be quite boring to walk). Otherwise mostly gravel paths without much mud.

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