Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Dalry and Kilbirnie.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Dalry and Kilbirnie.
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This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - No (1)
Problems reported - Access (1)
Downloads - 1
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Dalry
Grid Ref
NS2918849473
Lat / Lon
55.70851° / -4.72020°
Easting / Northing
229,188E / 649,473N
What3Words
forms.comedy.force
Kilbirnie
Grid Ref
NS3156654710
Lat / Lon
55.75635° / -4.68562°
Easting / Northing
231,566E / 654,710N
What3Words
yourself.fully.consoled
Dalkil Two's land is
| Dalry | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NS2918849473 |
| Lat / Lon | 55.70851° / -4.72020° |
| Easting / Northing | 229,188E / 649,473N |
| What3Words | forms.comedy.force |
| Kilbirnie | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NS3156654710 |
| Lat / Lon | 55.75635° / -4.68562° |
| Easting / Northing | 231,566E / 654,710N |
| What3Words | yourself.fully.consoled |
| Natural grass | 9.4% |
| Pasture | 55.9% |
| Urban | 34.7% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Wellchoughed
02 Aug 2023Review of Slow Way route Dalkil two (Dalry to Kilbirnie)
I walked this route (in reverse) on a very rainy day in July 2023. It proved to be a rather frustrating experience for more reasons than the weather. However, I persevered and eventually completed the route. Here is my review. The route begins simply enough with a mostly downhill walk along some of the streets and through a park in the south of Kilbirnie, eventually passing through a large housing estate to emerge on a road called Loadingbank. The mapped route heads straight forward onto a farm track between two fields. However I found the way barred by a metal gate topped by barbed wire. There was no notice forbidding entrance so I decided to carefully climb the gate and continue along the track. As it turned out, the track was extremely overgrown and very difficult to negotiate. However I continued (over two more gates) until a point where the route was blocked by a fourth gate and the track appeared to disappear completely (at grid ref NS30895232). Here I was forced to divert to the nearby B780 (over yet another gate covered in barbed wire). I proceeded along the road, walking on the grass verge where that was possible, but several times having to walk on the (quite busy) road itself. I kept an eye out for possible ways back to the mapped route and eventually found one by turning left into Picton Estate. My route rejoined the mapped route at grid ref NS29585069, but reviewing a detailed map of the area later, I suspect I could have left the B780 a little earlier at grid ref NS29595128 and joined the mapped route at NS29785110. Anyway, from this point on the route was perfectly clear and easy to follow, and I soon arrived in the centre of Dalry and the end of the route. I am unable to recommend the route as mapped because of the access issues I encountered, and particularly the missing (?) section of path. It was certainly particularly unsuitable for wheelers. I suspect the alternative route which follows the B780 most of the way (Dalkil one) may be the only option available (unless someone with local knowledge can suggest a work-around).
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