Pesda Touring Mini-Guide
LOWER RIVER CLYDE
#06
WHEREVER THERE’S WATER
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INTRODUCTION A useful paddle near to Glasgow in
DESCRIPTION
harder in high water) then grade 2 at Crossford. Garrion
Lanark. Good access on left below bridge, which has a rock
countryside. Grade 1 (Garrion Weir at 794 509, which is Weir can be portaged on either bank.
WATER LEVEL Most of the river is slow and deep, and the
Clyde down here keeps its level for a long time after rain. A look at Crossford will tell the paddler the level.
ACCESS Crossford village, left bank downstream of
–km Crossford village is some 6km downstream from
shelf under it. (The water just upstream is nice, grade 2, but
access is difficult.) The countryside is pretty, with much of the Clyde Valley’s soft fruit industry here, in many glasshouses. 3km Main road, A72 on left bank.
6.5km Garrion Weir – usually the lip is blocked by trees
and rubbish. Ramp on extreme right, easy shoot in moderate water. Road bridge.
bridge (827 465). Garrion Weir bridge, downstream of
15.5km River Avon joins left, followed by road bridge (A723).
garden centre and parking in cul-de-sac next to roundabout
Water Centre on right bank. Egress either here, or...
bridge, reached by taking a dead end down to nursery/
Entrance to Strathclyde Park, (loch just over bank on right side).
up on main road (793 511). Strathclyde Park Watersports
18km Egress near to Visitor Centre, on to path on right
(719 579).
egress is often difficult. Also, some large weirs.
CAMPSITES & ACCOMMODATION There are good
Contributor: Eddie Palmer
Centre (730 565), egress at Strathclyde Park Visitor Centre
campsites at Lanark and Strathclyde Park.
bank. From here on, the river becomes more industrial, and
Excerpt adapted from Scottish Canoe Touring, an SCA Canoe & Kayak Guide ISBN 0954706137, published by Pesda Press, Caernarfon. For details of this and other books, as well as downloads of further mini-guides
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#06 LOWER RIVER CLYDE
PESDA TOURING MINI-GUIDE
LENGTH
18 km
OS SHEET
72/64
GRADE
1(2)
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1
2
3km
OS map data reproduced with the kind permission of the Ordnance Survey
Design & text adapted from the SCA guide to Scottish Canoe Touring, published by Pesda Press, Caernarfon.