The Seven Lochs & Clyde Loop
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- Start and finish point: Spiers Wharf
- Train stations close to the route: Glasgow Queen Street, Blairhill, Coatbridge Central, Bargeddie, Uddingston, Newton, Anderston, Kelvinbridge
- Length: 53.4km
- Difficulty: Blue
- Ascent: 420km
- Height difference: 99m
The Seven Lochs & Clyde Loop links the newly created Seven Lochs Path with a great journey along the Clyde back to the city. Highlights include the Seven Lochs Wetland Park, the scenic and traffic free journey along the Monkland Canal and Kelvingrove Park, which, close to Glasgow’s great restaurants in the West End, offers plenty of opportunities to end the day in style. The route starts and finishes at Spiers Wharf.
From Spiers Wharf the route passes Pinkston Watersports Centre and then continues along the Glasgow to Cumbernauld cycling route to Hogganfield Park on the eastern fringes of the city centre. Along a new 8km long route linking Hogganfield Park with Drumpellier Country Park, the route explores the Seven Lochs Wetland Park on quiet cycle paths, mostly with a gravel surface. After a short loop in Drumpellier Country Park the route leaves the park in the east to join the cycle route along the Monkland Canal westbound towards the city. Heading westbound the route crosses the Clyde at Uddingston and shortly after passing through Newton, the cycle paths follows the southern shores of the Clyde towards Glasgow. At Cambuslang the path crosses the river again and continues on the northern side to Glasgow Green. After Broomielaw Pontoon, where a multitude of different routes start, the route travels through Kelvingrove Park and back to the start at Spiers Wharf.
The route can be extended near Blairhill station, where Routes 2 and 6 offer an alternative route back to Glasgow. Blairhill is well connected with trains and provides the opportunity to spilt the journey into two separate ones by using the train. There are a good number of train stations along the route to shorten it if necessary.
- Start und Ziel: Spiers Wharf
- Bahnstationen in der Nähe der Route: Glasgow Queen Street, Blairhill, Coatbridge Central, Bargeddie, Uddingston, Newton, Anderston, Kelvinbridge
- Länge: 53.4km
- Schwierigkeitsgrad: Blue
- Anstieg: 420m
- Höhendifferenz: Route 4
Der Seven Lochs & Clyde Loop verbindet den Seven Lochs Path mit einer Tour entlang der Clyde. Die Höhepunkte der Route sind der Seven Lochs Wetland Park, der Radweg entlang des Monkland Canal und Kelvingrove Park, der in der Nähe vieler guter Restaurants und Cafés in Glasgows West End zum verweilen einlädt. Die Route beginnt und endet am Spiers Wharf.
Vom Spiers Wharf führt die Route zunächst am Pinkston Watersports Centre vorbei und dann auf der Glasgow – Cumbernauld Radroute zum Hogganfield Park im Osten der Stadt. Entlang des 8km langen Seven Lochs Wetland Trail geht es in den Drumpellier Country Park. Entlang des Monkland Canal führt die Route Richtung Uddingston, wo die Clyde überquert wird. Unmittelbar nach Newton führt die Route am Südufer des Flusses entlang nach Cambuslang, wo man den Fluss nochmals überquert um am Nordufer zurück in die Stadt zu radeln. Kurz nach Glasgow Green passiert man Broomielaw Pontoon, wo mehrere andere Routen beginnen, und nach einem Ausflug durch Kelvingrove Park geht es zurück an den Start am Spiers Wharf.
In Näher der Blairhill Bahnstation kann man die Route mit den Route 2 oder 6 variieren. Alternativ kann man von Blairhill den Zug zurück nach Glasgow nehmen um die Route zu verkürzen.
