Plan your visit
Getting here
55.87169, -4.07036
Best for
8 activitiesPicnic day out
Free95%picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Reservoir — waterside day out
Family friendly
Free95%playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Playgrounds
Free93%playground, toilets, café, parking
Waterside walks
Varies75%parking, toilets, café; Reservoir — waterside public access
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Wildlife
Free70%Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
v5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walking
Clyde WalkwayWalking route68 km▾
The Clyde Walkway is 65 km long from Riverside Museum, Glasgow and New Lanark in South Lanarkshire. Created as a joint enterprise by the Glasgow City, South and North Lanarkshire Councils. Close to urban centres with easy access to public transport.
The North Calder Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Seven Lochs TrailWalking route▾
www.sevenlochs.org
Provan Hall TrailWalking route▾
Strathkelvin Railway PathWalking route▾
🚴Cycling
v49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
Route 75Cycling route▾
East City WayCycling route▾
Glasgow to Cumbernauld Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Strathkelvin Railway PathCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route79 m▾
Main RouteCycling route29 m▾
About this reservoir
Lochend Loch is a reservoir covering 25 hectares managed by Forestry England within their forest estate.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
Café
Café Culture · 278m
Parking
4 nearby · Free · 180m
Picnic spot
5 · 148m away
Playground
230m away
Toilets
258m away
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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