Clyde Coastal Path Completed
About this route
This record follows the Clyde Coastal Path from Wemyss Bay (continuing on from the Ayrshire Coastal Path) to Port Glasgow, then the Renfrew / Govan spur via Inchinnan and Renfrew to the Riverside Museum (Transport Museum) at Partick. From there the Kelvin Walkway was walked to Milngavie, linking to the West Highland Way and to how the John Muir Way was done (Milngavie station as a start/end point).
That Kelvin link also joins the longer chain of coastal and long-distance routes from the Mull of Galloway and Loch Ryan through Ayrshire to the West Highland Way (and beyond toward the Great Glen and Cape Wrath). The older traditional line over the Erskine Bridge and over the muirs to Milngavie may be walked later; the practical link is already made via the Kelvin Walkway. Next: the Clyde Walkway along the river through Glasgow toward Lanark.
Overall
Walking days
Day 1 – Wemyss Bay to Port Glasgow (5 August 2025)
Travel — Out: First 77 to Braehead, then McGill’s Largs / Clyde Coast bus · Return: same buses in reverse
Strong wind at the back — continued past Gourock / Greenock all the way to Port Glasgow.
Day 2 – Port Glasgow to Inchinnan (7 August 2025)
Travel — Out: McGill’s Braehead–Largs Clyde Coast flyer · Return: McGill’s 23 from Inchinnan
Took the Renfrew spur (toward Renfrew, Govan and the Transport Museum).
Day 3 – Inchinnan to Transport Museum, Partick (10 August 2025)
Travel — Out: McGill’s 23 · Return: mostly walked (almost home)
Continued the Renfrew spur: River Cart, Renfrew golf course, Renfrew–Yoker bridge, riverside at Braehead, Shieldhall, Govan, then the Govan–Partick bridge to finish at the Transport Museum.
Day 4 – Milngavie to Transport Museum, Partick (12 August 2025)
Travel — Out: West Coast Motors 15 bus to Milngavie · Return: from Partick / Transport Museum
Kelvin Walkway link — completes the spur from the Clyde Coastal Path at the Transport Museum to the West Highland Way at Milngavie (and to the John Muir Way via Milngavie station). The stretch from Milngavie down to Summerston was heavily overgrown with nettles and wet grass — not recommended at the height of the growing season.
Photos
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