Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Kippen and Kilsyth.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Kippen and Kilsyth.
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Status
This route has been reviewed by 1 person.
This route has potentially been flagged (1 time) for reasons relating to safety.
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Information
Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Maybe (1)
Problems reported - Safety (1)
Downloads - 2
Surveys
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| Grade 5: Route includes technical and arduous terrain where there may be potentially impassable barriers if the correct equipment is not used or barriers which require assistance to overcome. Potential barriers must be photographed and described. Access grade X: At least one stile, flight of steps or other obstacle that is highly likely to block access for wheelchair and scooter users. |
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Facilities
Facilities in the middle third of this route.
Challenges
Potential challenges reported on this route. Some challenges are seasonal.
Obstacles
Obstacles on this route.
Accessibility
Is this route step and stile free?
Measurements
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Narrowest part of path: no data
The steepest uphill gradient East: no data
The steepest uphill gradient West: no data
The steepest camber: no data
We don't have clear data on the waymarking (1)
Successfully completed
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Terrain
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1 surveys
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Start and end points
Kippen
Grid Ref
NS6516094807
Lat / Lon
56.12688° / -4.17083°
Easting / Northing
265,160E / 694,807N
What3Words
forwarded.portfolio.sweeping
Kilsyth
Grid Ref
NS7172777985
Lat / Lon
55.97765° / -4.05720°
Easting / Northing
271,727E / 677,985N
What3Words
penned.shampoos.forgiving
Kipkil One's land is
| Kippen | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NS6516094807 |
| Lat / Lon | 56.12688° / -4.17083° |
| Easting / Northing | 265,160E / 694,807N |
| What3Words | forwarded.portfolio.sweeping |
| Kilsyth | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NS7172777985 |
| Lat / Lon | 55.97765° / -4.05720° |
| Easting / Northing | 271,727E / 677,985N |
| What3Words | penned.shampoos.forgiving |
| Arable | 0.3% |
| Moors | 19.3% |
| Natural grass | 9.4% |
| Pasture | 20.9% |
| Peat bogs | 5.0% |
| Urban | 15.2% |
| Water | 0.1% |
| Woods | 29.3% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
WeegieWalker
11 Nov 2021I walked this from Kilsyth to Kippen. This is (mostly) an enjoyable cross-country route within the capabilities of the average hillwalker. It is not an accessible route for anyone with mobility limitations or suitable for pushchairs. The end to end route is 17 miles and there are no facilities (eating/shops/transport etc.) en route. The route uses mainly 4WD farm and forestry tracks, there is some minor road walking at start and end and a few minor footpath sections where ground can be boggy. There are a couple of unbridged stream crossings and a ford to negotiate - gaiters/walking poles are essential for these when the streams are in spate as they were when I walked the route. There is one short section of the route (7 miles from Kilsyth) from Todholes Windfarm track to the ruined farmhouse at Burnfoot where there is a footpath signed, but no clear path on the ground and a number of obstacles to negotiate - non-barbed wire fences without stiles and a steep gully with an unbridged stream crossing at the bottom. I've only awarded the route 3 stars because of the lack of facilities and this difficult section - it may be possible to re-route around this gully to reach Burnfoot using alternative wind farm tracks, but that would make the route quite a bit longer.
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