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Give a hike!Thornliebank /
East Renfrewshire
Slow Ways linking Thornliebank and Barrhead, Busby, Giffnock, Pollokshields, Renfrew
Scotland / East Renfrewshire / Thornliebank
Thornliebank’s five Slow Ways are 50% checked
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Walk to Thornliebank from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Barrhead—Thornliebank
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Bartho one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 70m | Descent 83m | |
Barrhead—Thornliebank
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Bartho two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 7km/4mi | Ascent 82m | Descent 98m | ||
Renfrew—Thornliebank
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Rentho one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 14km/9mi | Ascent 134m | Descent 107m | ||
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Thornliebank—Busby
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Thobus one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 6km/4mi | Ascent 116m | Descent 58m | ||
Thornliebank—Giffnock
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Thogif one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 2km/1mi | Ascent 52m | Descent 42m | ||
Thornliebank—Giffnock
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Thogif two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 2km/1mi | Ascent 32m | Descent 22m | ||
Thornliebank—Pollokshields
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Thopol one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 5km/3mi | Ascent 46m | Descent 63m |
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Collective progress
46% of Thornliebank’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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3 people have contributed to Thornliebank’s Slow Ways
1 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Thornliebank
36km out of 43km have been walked and reviewed
55km of reviews have been shared in Thornliebank
Latest Updates
The first part of this walk has some lovely sections, including across Thornliebank Playing Fields (great views of the city and beyond) and Eastwood Park. The second half is less appealing, as it sticks to the busy main road. An alternative - longer but quieter and more attractive - would be the second half of the Giffnock to Busby Slow Way (Gifbus one)....
Anne Collard
Good route with a lovely section through Pollok Country Park....
Jane Taylor
I did wonder if an alternative route could be made to the east, using green spaces such as Queen’s Park, Auldhouse Park and Mansewood High Park....
Jane Taylor
wellchoughed added Bartho two, a new walk from Barrhead to Thornliebank
Walk this routeHowever there is a short section of the route which presents a considerable access challenge and therefore the route will require to be redesigned. Just before a big, new housing estate, the route follows a path off to the right. Once these junctions have been left behind, the route heads away from the main road via a path which leads uphill and then down again into the Arden housing estate. There is evidence that alternative access to the embankment path was once possible via an adjacent, modern housing estate, but on the day I passed, the link had been completely boarded up....
wellchoughed
After leaving Giffnock, the route diverges from the main road and follows the line of a section of the Auldhouse Burn before heading past Woodfarm Pavilion and Playing Fields....
wellchoughed
It is an extremely straightforward route which follows the main Orchard Park Avenue / Orchard Drive all the way from Thornliebank to Giffnock....
wellchoughed
It is a very straightforward route which follows the main road from Thornliebank to Shawlands before cutting through some quiet backstreets, emerging onto the busy Minard Road at Crossmyloof and continuing down the equally busy Darnley Road to end at Pollokshields East Railway Station....
wellchoughed
The route now zig-zags through an extensive residential area, eventually joining and crossing the busy Paisley Road West at the handy shopping area of Cardonald. From this point on, the route follows a cycle path down to and along the White Cart Water, into Pollok Park and arriving at the impressive Pollok House. At Pollok House, the route heads south across an ornate bridge and strikes off along the northern edge of the Pollok Golf Course....
wellchoughed
F Berry added Thogif one, a new walk from Thornliebank to Giffnock
Walk this routeLouP added Thogif two, a new walk from Thornliebank to Giffnock
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Bartho one, a new walk from Barrhead to Thornliebank
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Rentho one, a new walk from Renfrew to Thornliebank
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Thobus one, a new walk from Thornliebank to Busby
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Thopol one, a new walk from Thornliebank to Pollokshields
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Thornliebank’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
NS5495259582
Lat / Lon
55.80766° / -4.31593°
Easting / Northing
254,952E / 659,582N
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