We are the Strathkelvin Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
This is an 8 mile circular walk starting from the Greenock Cut Visitor Centre. Please note that access to the Centre is via the Old Largs Road ONLY as Dunrod Road off the A78 is closed due to a landslip. There are newly refurbished toilets open from 9am until 4pm at the Centre. We will start the walk at 10am with an open hillside climb to the top of Hillside Hill and then onto Dunrod HIll which gives stunning views over the firth of Clyde before we drop down and join the well established path of the Greenock Cut. Conditions in the hills are likely to be wet and muddy underfoot. Lunch will be at New Yetts Reservoir No 7 followed by a shorter climb into the hillside above and then back to the Cut to return to the car park for approximately 2.30pm.
The Greenock and Kelly Cuts are narrow canal-like aqueducts designed by Robert Thom and constructed in the 1820s and 1840s to take water to and from Loch Thom to Greenock.
Southbank Business Park
Please note access to the Greenock Cut Visitor Centre is via the Old Largs Road only. Dunrod Rd off the A78 is CLOSED due to a landslip.
