Deanston Bakery and Queen's Park – Breakfast with a View
A few hours, from Glasgow Central and back.
The route
Deanston Bakery in Shawlands bakes sourdough, bagels and cinnamon buns six mornings a week, and it has had queues since the day it opened in 2019.
Take your breakfast up the hill in nearby Queen's Park, where the flagpole at the top looks out over the whole city to the Campsie Fells.
Before you go
Book accommodation nearby
If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.
The nearest of ours is Moment Blythswood Street. Sleeps 2.
The day
Glasgow
An early, unhurried morning on the Southside: a short train ride, a bag of fresh bakes from a neighbourhood bakery, and breakfast at the top of the park with the city laid out below you.
About two and a half hours
Deanston Bakery
Breakfast
Come by train or bus rather than car: the Cathcart Circle train runs from Central to Shawlands (check the times). It's 12 minutes' walk to Deanston Bakery on Deanston Drive, open from 7.30am, Monday to Saturday. Yuriy Kachak, who came to the UK from Ukraine, opened it in 2019, and on a Saturday the queue often runs along the street, so go early. Pick up a bagel filled to order and a cinnamon bun, or a slice of his Ukrainian honey cake. There are no toilets at the bakery.
14 min on foot
Queen's Park
Carry your breakfast 14 minutes' walk east into Queen's Park and up the hill to the flagpole. From the top the city spreads out to the north, with the Campsie Fells beyond on a clear day. Our magazine's tip: come on a Saturday morning with the papers. The paths are tarmac, but the last of the climb is steep. Queen's Park station, for the train back to Central, is 12 minutes' walk down the north side of the park.
If it rains
On a wet morning, take the bakes home or eat them on the train back; the view from the hill is lost in low cloud anyway.
