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🧺 Picnic🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Getting here
55.74839, -4.14437
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Courtyard Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Courtyard Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for 5 activities 🧺 Picnic day out
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Free picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
Free playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
playground, café, parking
Zoo or animal collection nearby; Farm attraction nearby
Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Clyde Walkway Walking route 68 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.
Named route Ref CW Length 68 km National walking route
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NCN National Route 74 Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 74 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 756 Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 756 National Cycle Network
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 1 Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 1 Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride to Strathaven cycle route Cycling route ▾ Named route Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 3 Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map East Kilbride Cycle Network Route 2 Cycling route ▾ Named route Ref 2 Local cycle route
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▾ Torrance House, Calderglen Country Park
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‹ › Facilities 🅿️ Parking
Overflow Car Park Entrance - Calderglen · 177m
✓ Public access Free entry 🐶 Dogs
Good to know £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome
Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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Wildlife to spot
5,099 records from NBN Atlas
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Wildlife to spot 5,099 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer autumn
2025 Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Robin
+40 more species Hide species list All 45 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Coal Tit Periparus ater Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Dipper Cinclus cinclus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Otter
Common Darter · Seioptera vibrans · Small Nettle Weevil · Carabus glabratus · Bordered Carver
+3 more species Hide species list All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023 Seioptera vibrans Seioptera vibrans Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus Carabus glabratus Carabus glabratus2024 Bordered Carver Perineura rubi2024 Meadow Buttercup · Cow Parsley · Meadow Vetchling · Cock's-foot · Common Nettle
+13 more species Hide species list All 18 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Common Nettle Urtica dioica Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,099 records · NBN Atlas 🐦 Birds 45 species
spring summer autumn
2025 Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie · Robin
+40 more species Hide species list All 45 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Nuthatch Sitta europaea Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Coal Tit Periparus ater Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Dipper Cinclus cinclus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Tawny Owl Strix aluco Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus2024 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Common Gull Larus canus2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2023 Dunnock Prunella modularis2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Daubenton's Bat · Otter
Common Darter · Seioptera vibrans · Small Nettle Weevil · Carabus glabratus · Bordered Carver
+3 more species Hide species list All 8 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2023 Seioptera vibrans Seioptera vibrans Small Nettle Weevil Nedyus quadrimaculatus Carabus glabratus Carabus glabratus2024 Bordered Carver Perineura rubi2024 Meadow Buttercup · Cow Parsley · Meadow Vetchling · Cock's-foot · Common Nettle
+13 more species Hide species list All 18 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis Cock's-foot Dactylis glomerata Common Nettle Urtica dioica Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata2023
Coccinella septempunctata2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2023
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2023
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2023
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2023 Greater Plantain
Greater Plantain
Plantago major
Plantago major
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
White Clover Trifolium repens
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Beech Fagus sylvatica
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Yorkshire-fog Holcus lanatus
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Box-leaved Honeysuckle Lonicera pileata
Box-leaved Honeysuckle Lonicera pileata
Marsh Violet Viola palustris
Marsh Violet Viola palustris 