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Alexandria /

West Dunbartonshire


Slow Ways linking Alexandria and Drymen, Dumbarton, Helensburgh, Old Kilpatrick, Tarbet

Scotland / West Dunbartonshire / Alexandria

Alexandria’s five Slow Ways are 45% checked

Drawn: 5/5
reviewed: 3/5
verified: 1/5
and surveyed: 0/5

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Walk to Alexandria from further afield

Slow Way Route To do
Alexandria—Drymen
Aledry one

Double check Distance 17km/11mi Ascent 234m Descent 199m
Alexandria—Drymen
Aledry two Pioneer me Distance 17km/11mi Ascent 279m Descent 245m
Alexandria—Dumbarton
Aledum one Survey me Distance 7km/4mi Ascent 53m Descent 48m
Alexandria—Old Kilpatrick
Aleold one Pioneer me Distance 14km/9mi Ascent 245m Descent 247m
Helensburgh—Alexandria
Helale one

Double check Distance 14km/9mi Ascent 355m Descent 350m
Helensburgh—Alexandria
Helale two

Review me Distance 14km/9mi Ascent - Descent -
Tarbet—Alexandria
Tarale one Pioneer me Distance 29km/18mi Ascent 344m Descent 351m

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Collective progress

43% of Alexandria’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

7/7

drawn

4/7

reviewed

0/7

surveyed

1/7

verified

7 people have contributed to Alexandria’s Slow Ways

3 people have pledged to walk and review a route

0 people have surveyed a route in Alexandria

53km out of 113km have been walked and reviewed

107km of reviews have been shared in Alexandria

Latest Updates

So you can easily extend the walk, we carried on to Bowling Harbour (15K), mostly flat, easy walking which is well sign posted. Would recommend, it is safe, well sign posted and accessible to mixed ability groups on foot....

Matt

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Alexandria—Drymen

Petr Sadilek added Aledry two, a new walk from Alexandria to Drymen

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The main problem with this route is that it wants to follow the path of a disused railway approx. Searching for an alternative route, I picked the one to the left of the slowway rather than following the National cycle route 7. I should have taken the National cycle route 7 at Croftamie instead and join this slowway after 2km again....

Petr Sadilek

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Petr Sadilek took this photo on Aledry one

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See all three attached photos for a better picture and alternative routes suggested by the local woodland management....

Petr Sadilek

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This was a fine route until the storms earlier this year; it is now substantially blocked by fallen trees. There is a rough walkaround (in blue on picture - no path, steep) via the Killoeter ridge or an alternate on tracks to Cardross (see the Three Lochs Way website)....

edh

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Chris French-Leith took this photo on Aledum one

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Sign-posting is available for the only part of the journey that you can potentially get lost (between Dumbarton Central and the bridge crossing the River Leven) and once you reach the cycle path, you simply follow this all the way to Alexandria. The route starts and ends at train stations with frequent services and you will easily be able to hop on a train at the end of your journey should you need it, although the walk back coming off the cycle path and going through the towns provides a nice alternative return option....

Chris French-Leith

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Alexandria—Dumbarton

Chris French-Leith pledged to walk Aledum one

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Alexandria—Dumbarton

Chris French-Leith pledged to walk Aledum one

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The path was clear to follow, and after a climbing zigzag, it entered the forest. The route through here was a little less clear and it was a bit of a climb, with a few steps. There is a welcome cinder path over the bog across this highest section and I had cracking views of the other side now, looking towards the Firth of Clyde, Greenock, and Helensburgh. All these paths make it an easy route to follow; it would have been horrible going over the bog before this gravel path was made. The wooded path down Red Glen was fairly steep and the gravel was occasionally slightly skiddy where it was steep....

Mary Oz

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Helensburgh—Alexandria

Mary Oz added Helale two, a new walk from Helensburgh to Alexandria

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There's a section of this route, near Gouk Hill, which looks challenging, if not impossible, to walk. Instead I continued to follow the Three Lochs Way at this point, as also suggested by the Walk Highlands website. The pictures show the problem area....

Mary Oz

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There was a great view of Dumbarton Castle from the Bridge Street bridge, and a wide cycle barrier onto the track alongside the River Leven. Crossing under the A82 was easy, and there was an easy gate and a bridge both offering at least 100cm width....

Mary Oz

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This route took approx 1 hour and 30 minutes and follows a foot and cycle path the whole way....

Anouska

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It is a very popular route which follows the NCN7 Cycle Path for most of its distance....

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Alexandria—Drymen

Slow Ways added Aledry one, a new walk from Alexandria to Drymen

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Alexandria—Dumbarton

Slow Ways added Aledum one, a new walk from Alexandria to Dumbarton

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Alexandria—Old Kilpatrick

Slow Ways added Aleold one, a new walk from Alexandria to Old Kilpatrick

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Helensburgh—Alexandria

Slow Ways added Helale one, a new walk from Helensburgh to Alexandria

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Tarbet—Alexandria

Slow Ways added Tarale one, a new walk from Tarbet to Alexandria

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Alexandria, Tue 20 May

19°

Partly cloudy

Alexandria’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

NS3931979905

Lat / Lon

55.98513° / -4.57717°

Easting / Northing

239,319E / 679,905N

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