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Glasgow Waterways Loop
A short circular ride around some of Glasgow's historic waterways including the Forth and Clyde Canal, The Glasgow City Branch Canal and the River Kelvin. During the 19th Century, the Forth and Clyde Canal was a vital trade route between the East and West Coast of Scotland; canal barges carried much needed goods to the towns and cities along the Central Belt.
Classification: Easy Distance: 6 miles
Bowling - Balloch
An easy cycle from Bowling to Dumbarton and on to Balloch at the south side of Loch Lomond.
Classification: Easy Distance: 10 miles
Clydebank to Edinburgh
Following discussions between Sustrans and British Waterways, the canal towpath between Clydebank and Edinburgh is now officially part of the National Cycle Network with adopted number National Route 754. The towpaths of the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal form a reasonably direct, almost flat and completely traffic free route between Scotland's two great cities.
Classification: Hard Distance: 55 miles
Lochs and Glens North
This one of the best-long distance cycle routes in Scotland. Lochs and Glens North, part of National Route 7, runs for 217 miles from Glasgow to Inverness. It takes you from the Clyde docklands, through Scotland’s two national parks, past Lochs Lomond, Venachar, Lubnaig and Tay, through forest and remote moorland to the highest point on the National Cycle Network in the Drumochter Pass, past Culloden battlefield, and ends in the capital of the Highlands, Inverness.
Classification: Challenge Distance: 217 miles
Lochs and Glens South
There are lochs and glens, plus miles of coasts and forests on this route north from Carlisle. It takes you along the beautiful Solway Coast, over the hills of the Galloway Forest , and to the beaches of Ayrshire, before heading into Glasgow. The route offers something for everyone with a variety of easy and challenging cycling, both on and off-road.
Classification: Challenge Distance: 214 miles
