Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
55.76227, -4.18266
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 136m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦57+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 136m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
10 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2025
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
playground, toilets, parking
Birds — Magpie, Carrion Crow, Woodpigeon +54 more · last seen 2025
Dogs allowed with public access
Named cycling route nearby: Route 756
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
White Cart WalkwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Stamperland WalkwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Magnificent 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 756Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 756National Cycle Network
East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
East Kilbride to Strathaven cycle routeCycling route▾
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East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
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East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Eaglesham to Strathaven Cycle RouteCycling route▾
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3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cathkin Braes Country Park BlueMountain bike route▾
Cathkin Braes Country Park GreenMountain bike route▾
Cathkin Braes Country Park RedMountain bike route▾
Photos
21 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
The Plaza Multi-Storey · Paid · 94m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,775 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,775 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Lesser Black-backed Gull
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RavenCorvus corax
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CootFulica atra
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ScaupAythya marila
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025Common Toad
Platycheirus albimanus · Common Blue Damselfly · Acrossus rufipes · Clay-coloured Weevil · Sylvicola fenestralis
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Sylvicola fenestralisSylvicola fenestralis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,775 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds57 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Lesser Black-backed Gull
+52 more speciesHide species list
All 57 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common GullLarus canus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- SwiftApus apus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RavenCorvus corax
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CootFulica atra
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- ScaupAythya marila
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025Common Toad
Platycheirus albimanus · Common Blue Damselfly · Acrossus rufipes · Clay-coloured Weevil · Sylvicola fenestralis
+4 more speciesHide species list
All 9 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Acrossus rufipesAcrossus rufipes
- Clay-coloured WeevilOtiorhynchus singularis
- Sylvicola fenestralisSylvicola fenestralis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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