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Video guide: Milngavie & Lennox Forest cycle loop

Written by Fiona

June 12 2020

This is a lovely circuit on mostly easy going trails and paths from Milngavie, near Glasgow, for mountain bikes and gravel bikes.

The route starts and finishes in Milngavie. It follows a section of the West Highland Way, to Mugdock Country Park and then to Strathblane.

You join the Strathkelvin Railway Path and then leave this at Lennoxtown to head into Lennox Forest. The return is on quiet country roads and joins the edge of Milngavie Reservoirs for a short while.

Video guide: Milngavie & Lennox Forest Cycle Loop

Milngavie & Lennox Forest cycle loop route details

Distance: 26km/ 16 miles

Total ascent: 430m / 1410ft

Terrain: Gravel, paths, forest tracks and some tarmac. A few steep-ish climbs.

To follow the circuit: See my OS Map route.

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