Renfrewshire

6 miles / 10 km

A pretty testing, hilly walk between Neilston and Glenburn, Paisley. It is also a scenic route along some nice farms and their farm fields. There are some superb views along the way. The views from the upper parts of Fereneze Road towards Ayr, the Irish Sea and Ailsa Craig are pretty spectacular from here on a clear day. This is a great walk, indeed.

Pretty Hard

There are some pretty big climbs and descents here with some flat bits in between. This is a very good physical test with some great views too. As usual.. good shoes and plenty of water are required.

Train from Glasgow to Neilston 2 times an hour.
McGill's Bus 3 from Glasgow Central Station/Barrhead to Neilston 2 times an hour.
McGill's Bus6 from Paisley Town Hall/Barrhead to Neilston 2 times an hour.

Start from the first bus stop in Neilston/the Neilston train station and walk through this beautiful village on the Main Street past the shops, the war memorial and some nice houses. Just before the Premier supermarket/convenience shop, take the Holehouse Brae to the right. This road descends pretty steeply down to the Barrhead - Lugton road past the old mill to the left.
Take the road to the left at the end of the descent/road for 25 yards/meters and then cross the road over to the first road to the right. This road is a steep climb over a railway bridge up to the Fereneze Road who comes up from Barrhead (one of my favourite roads, btw). At the crossroad here, take the road to the left and then to the left again at the next crossroad (where the heavy lorries is carrying straight on). At the top of this road, the views are really good towards Neilston.




At the next crossroad, continue straight up the Fereneze Road. The road climbs gently to this viewpoint, with, on a clear day, the great views towards Ayr, the Irish Sea and Ailsa Craig. The road is pretty flat here past a holiday resort.




The road drops down towards a crossroad where a road comes up from the Uplawmoor area. Take the road to the right here up a pretty good climb to the top of this hill. The road drops down to Sargeantlaw Road. Take this road to the right again at this crossroad. The road crests a hill and the hilly bit of this road comes into view..

Continue straight on at the crossroads here. You are now facing the final hill of the walk... The Sargentlaw Road hill. This hill looks harder than it really is. It is still pretty hard. It is another fitness test, past a farm. There are normally some horses grazing on the farm fields to the right of the road. The road is topping out just before the fairways on the Paisley Golf Course. The views towards Paisley and the Kilpatrick Hills are your just reward for the hard walking up to this point. The rest of the walk is mostly descending from here.




Walk straight past the paths to the Robertson Car Park and the path to Glenburn. Just walk down the road which now become a pretty vertical descent.



The road ends up at Gleniffer Road. There is no pavements here but the traffic is normally not too bad. Take Gleniffer Road down to the right and down to the bus stop at Nethercraigs Road where this walk ends.


McGill's Bus 26 to Paisley town hall/Paisley Gilmour Street railway station 6 times an hour.