This
walk is to Mugdock Reservoir and is about four miles which should take
around two hours to complete.
The start of the walk is from Milngavie
town centre. It turns into Mugdock Road at the Cross Keys Hotel and
goes round the right hand side of the roundabout to continue on Mugdock
Road.
Opposite Sinclair Street, look out for the gap in the wall on the right
to enter Barloch Moor, an interesting wooded field which is sometimes
referred to as the ‘preaching brae’. It is where in 1788 open
air services were held for the Kilpatrick Relief Church as the first
church in Milngavie
and where an inter-denominational service is still held on Easter
morning.
On Barloch Moor, the walk swings round and uphill to the right and at
the top turns left into Buchanan Street.
At the next junction it turns right into Tannoch Drive and leaves the
road at the far end to enter the grounds of the reservoir through a gap
in the wall. lt then turns left onto Commissioners Way
and uphill to the former Commissioner's Cottage and causeway which
separates both reservoirs.
The walk then turns left off the causeway and continues along a narrow
enclosed path, known as lovers’ lane’, with a low wall. lt is ideal for
viewing the lapping water, the opposite bank of the reservoir and the Kilpatrick Hills in the distance. At the end
of the path and the wall there is another causeway which separates the
inlet and main Mugdock
Reservoir sections. Take time to walk round the inlet section and
wonder at the achievement of the 26 mile long gravity aqueduct with
a flow gradient of 1/10 inch per mile all the way from Loch Katrine to Milngavie Reservoir.
The walk crosses over the other end of the causeway, rejoins the main
reservoir path with a restricted outlook to the water side and after a
short distance turns right at the plinth stone / information point to
leave the reservoir, cross the main road with care and enter Drumclog
Moor via the Car Park. It continues straight ahead onto a gravel path
and
passes by a number of faint narrow paths created by dog walkers on the
moor.
As it swings round to the left it follows the sign ‘Milngavie by
Allander Water’ downhill and crosses over the West Highland Way
to pass by a lovely open field. Before turning left at the next junction
take a short detour ahead to pause at the Staney Brig’ to see the
waters of the Craigton Burn and the Allander Water. The walk retraces
the few steps and follows the sign “Milngavie Town Centre" along the
side of the gently flowing Allander Water
to pass by the fenced Staney Brig‘ Football Park on the left. It then
rejoins the WHW and passes by the
iron bridge and the CE Centre on the way back to the town centre and
the start.
Location: Milngavie, north-west Glasgow
Map: OS Landranger 64 ( GR 557758 )
Distance: 5.5 miles [9km]
Time: 3 hours
Terrain: signposted paths Mugdock Country Park, north of Milngavie, provides a good
starting point for this walk. From the main visitor centre car park
follow the signposted path round to Craigend Castle, from where a path
leads
right, signposted to Khyber car park.
Follow the track left from here towards Mugdock Castle to the old gun
ernplacements, built in 1941.
The track continues to a junction of paths outside the main entrance to
the castle.
Before exploring the fort, remember that the route goes on to the right
at this junction. After leaving the castle, followthe already
identified path to where it divides and continue right, following signs
for Mugdock Wood. This leads down through broadleaf woodland and a wall
sculpture to sections of board walk.
Walk down past a mined building to a junction signposted right to Khyber Pass and continue down to a main
junction with the West
Highland Way. Turn left to Milngavie and Drumclog Moor
and follow the Allander Water beside Milngavie golf course to a
four-way junction.
Go left here and ascend onto Drumclog Moor to join a main path and
follow it right to a car park on the minor road beside Mugdock
Reservoir.
Gain the tarmac path beside the reservoir and follow it anti-clockwise,
with southerly views at the dam end over Milngavie and Tannoch Loch to Glasgow. Cross the causeway
between Mugdock and Craigmaddie
Reservoir [ or continue around Craigmaddie for a longer walk ], and
continue the circuit through woodland to the bridge at the northern end
of the
reservoir.
Cross the bridge, exit to the road and turn right, following the
pavement north at the end of the pavement take care on a short section
of road before taking a path on the left into woodland beside the burn
in a pleasant
little gorge. This path leads up past the South Lodge car park to a
junction.
Turn right and continue to another junction signposted left to Mugdock
Castle and right to the visitor centre.
At the T-junction, turn left beside the loch with views across to
Mugdock Castle.
Past a small cliff on the path and the end of the loch, a path turning
on the right leads up to parkland and views of Craigend Castle.
A right at the next junction skirts the right side of the small loch
below the walled garden and the car park.
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