Clyde Way

Clyde Way

A 321km walk between Kirkfieldbank, looping via Bonnington Linn to New Lanark and on to the Mull of Galloway (and back to the bus stop at Drummore. The route takes its name from the concatenation of the Clyde Walkway, Clyde Coastal Path, Ayrshire Coastal Path and Loch Ryan Coastal Path (this last otherwise known as the Mull of Galloway Trail). It is a pity that the developers (both public and private) could not bury parochial feuds to create a single route with joint stewardship … but there are many sad instances of parochial feuds on and around Clydeside.

Riverside paths are preferred wherever possible. Public transport links for the entire Clyde Way (111 locations) are widely available in and to the north of the Ayr conurbation, and at strategic points to the south. Hamilton, Greenock, Ayr and Stranraer are the most convenient base stations apart from Glasgow, which has good public transport links with the entire route.

Maps are provided as below.

Kirkfieldbank to Kirkfieldbank via New Lanark (Clyde Walkway)
10.5km; 360m ascent		Map
Kirkfieldbank to Horsley Brae (Clyde Walkway)
14.0km; 185m ascent		Map
Horsley Brae to Bothwell Bridge (Clyde Walkway)
14.3km; 51m ascent		Map
Bothwell Bridge to Dalbeth (Clyde Walkway)
14.5km; 194m ascent		Map
Dalbeth to Partick (Clyde Walkway)
13.0km; 66m ascent		Map
Partick to Inchinnan (Clyde Coastal Path)
13.7k38m; m ascent		Map
Inchinnan to Langbank (Clyde Coastal Path)
14.6km; 94m ascent		Map
Langbank to Fort Matilda (Clyde Coastal Path)
16.8km; 60m ascent		Map
Fort Matilda to Wemyss Bay (Clyde Coastal Path)
16.0km; 69m ascent		Map
Wemyss Bay to Largs (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
12.7km; 311m ascent		Map
Largs to West Kilbride (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
17.0km; 37m ascent		Map
West Kilbride to Stevenston (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
13.4km; 30m ascent		Map
Stevenston to Barassie (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
17.6km; 62m ascent		Map
Barassie to Ayr (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
17.7km; 51m ascent		Map
Ayr to Dunure (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
12.4km; 190m ascent		Map
Dunure to Turnberry (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
15.1km; 206m ascent		Map
Turnberry to Ardwell (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
15.4km; 49m ascent		Map
Ardwell to Ballantrae (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
15.5km; 205m ascent		Map
Ballantrae to Glenapp (Ayrshire Coastal Path)
15.0km; 276m ascent		Map
Glenapp to Stranraer (Mull of Galloway Trail)
18.0km; 303m ascent		Map
Stranraer to Sandhead (Mull of Galloway Trail)
13.9km; 103m ascent		Map
Sandhead to Drummore (Mull of Galloway Trail)
16.0km; 111m ascent		Map
Drummore to Drummore via Mull of Galloway (Mull of Galloway Trail)
19.2km; 241m ascent		Map

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