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🧺Picnic🐶Dogs🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.93676, -4.56322
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Visiting this summer
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ 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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Dumbarton Castle Cycle Route
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: The Castle Circular Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Clyde Coastal PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Castle Circular PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Overtoun House Circular PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Crags Circular PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Shore Circular PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Dumbarton Central to Council Offices Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Dumbarton Castle Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Route 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Dumbarton East to Council OfficesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Dumbarton Castle: level space between the peaks
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25,800 records · National Biodiversity Network
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autumnwinter
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25,800 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
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- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- WigeonMareca penelope
- TealAnas crecca
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Common GuillemotUria aalge
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RavenCorvus corax
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