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Neilston Parish Church

📷 david cameron photographer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

55.78575, -4.42555

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 213m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wren, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Green Grasshopper, Mesembrina meridiana · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Green Grasshopper, Mesembrina meridiana · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

A77 Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Paisley South Link RouteCycling route

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Barrhead Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef LCNLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The Mill RunMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

6,862 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,862 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds34 species

autumnwinter

2025

Wren · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Mallard +29

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoosanderMergus merganser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PochardAythya ferina
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus

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Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,862 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds34 species

autumnwinter

2025

Wren · Mute Swan · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Mallard +29

WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
RavenCorvus corax
Coal TitPeriparus ater
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoosanderMergus merganser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RookCorvus frugilegus
Great TitParus major
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
RobinErithacus rubecula
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
NuthatchSitta europaea
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
PochardAythya ferina
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 david cameron photographer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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