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The Kirk Burn rushing white over rocks in Campsie Glen, wild garlic growing thick along the bank.
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Campsie Glen

A wooded glen above Clachan of Campsie, where the Kirk Burn comes down from the Campsie Fells in a string of waterfalls.

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Campsie Glen is a lovely wooded glen above the little village of Clachan of Campsie, where the Kirk Burn tumbles down from the Campsie Fells in a string of waterfalls.

From the small square in Clachan, with its historic church, the path winds up beside the burn through the trees, with plenty of picnic spots along the way. For the waterfalls, the path climbs steeply to a car park on the Crow Road above the village, where there are lovely views back over the glen, and from there a path drops round the hill to the falls on the burn below. Wear good boots, as the ground is steep and slippery after rain. Keen walkers can carry on up a rough trail to the ridge of the Campsie Fells. There are regular buses from Glasgow, and Clachan has refreshments and bike hire, so it makes an easy day out from the city.

A short drive awayFintry InnThe village pub on Main Street in Fintry, with a bar, a restaurant and a beer garden, pub classics, and a music session on Sunday afternoons.8 min by roadSee itThe bar of the Fintry Inn under dark ceiling beams, with painted bar stools along the counter and a lit shelf of whisky bottles in the room beyond.
Before you go

Open at all times and free; on a busy day, have a plan B for parking.

Where
Clachan of Campsie, near Lennoxtown, G66 7AB.
Parking
A small free car park in the square at Clachan of Campsie, and another car park on the B822 above the glen. A larger public car park is in Lennoxtown.
The walk
From the square, along Knowehead Road and up beside the Kirk Burn into the glen.
The waterfalls
From the B822 car park, a path round the hill to the falls on the burn below; steep and slippery after rain.
Buses
Regular buses from Glasgow to Clachan of Campsie.
In the village
Refreshments and bike hire in Clachan of Campsie.

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Where it is

Above the village of Clachan of Campsie, near Lennoxtown, below the Campsie Fells, G66 7AB.

Close byThe Campsie Fells and beyond.
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  3. Carron Valley Reservoir still and blue under a clear sky, with dark forest along the far shore and Meikle Bin rising behind.Carron Valley ReservoirA reservoir over three miles long in the hills between Denny and Fintry, with a lochside trail, an osprey hide and five miles of red-grade bike trail.10 miles 12 min by road
  4. Glasgow Botanic GardensGlasgow Botanic GardensGlasgow's botanic gardens at the top of Byres Road, free every day, with the Kibble Palace of 1873, its tree ferns, and glasshouses of orchids, cacti and palms.12 miles 28 min by road
  5. Finnich GlenFinnich GlenA deep, mossy gorge of red sandstone near Killearn, where the burn runs blood-red past the rock called the Devil's Pulpit.15 miles 21 min by road
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