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Clyde Walkway: East Glasgow

A walk between Dalmarnock and Glasgow Queen Street stations.

Glasgow Green to Dalmarnock

Picking up where we left off last time at the Glasgow University Boathouse this section of the River Clyde Walkway meanders through the east of the city but like much of the Clyde it doesn't interact with the urban areas.
At Glasgow Green.
At Glasgow Green.
St Andrew's Suspension Bridge & the University Boathouse

Glasgow Green: The Faraway End

Rudy on our walk at The Clyde Walkway.

Not many would recognise these Clyde Walkway paths as still being within the Glasgow Green park boundary. The surrounding area is mostly residential here though and access is easy from both sides of the river meaning there's still plenty of leisure walkers around.
At The Clyde Walkway.
At The Clyde Walkway.
At The Clyde Walkway.
At The Clyde Walkway.

The Polmadie Bridge is where the people start to disappear, both sides of the river becoming more industrial again for a spell. There is a park across the bridge that we should visit sometime.

At The Clyde Walkway.
At clyde walkway.
Rudy on our walk at The Clyde Walkway.
Rudy on our walk at The Clyde Walkway.
Rudy in a marching mood - got to be home before dinnertime!
Nearing Rutherglen Bridge.

Rutherglen Bridge to the new Dalmarnock Smart Bridge is definitely a contrast between old & new architecture. The old Strathclyde Public School looks very impressive but there's no teachers or pupils left there now to tell us why the footbridge built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games is called the "smart" bridge!

At The Clyde Walkway.
At The Clyde Walkway.
At The Clyde Walkway.
At The Clyde Walkway.

Dalmarnock Waste Water Treatment Works

Not the most scenic part of the Clyde Walkway?

The River Clyde at Dalmarnock.

The wall of the sewage works follows a long meander here and while there is a far amount of organic local graffiti it feels under appreciated and could be a kilometre long canvas for murals if support was given to artists. Maybe the neighbour is a bit too smelly too often and we were just lucky to go past on a fresh air day!

Rudy on our walk at clyde walkway.
Rudy on our walk at clyde walkway.

Clyde Viaduct (Dalmarnock-Rutherglen)
Rudy on our walk at clyde walkway.

The 2nd Dalmarnock Railway Bridge This viaduct was built in 1897,widened in 1923 and a hundred years later saw a year-long refurbishment during 2022-23 with most of the work done at night to minimise disruption to trains. The remains o

There are some new flats built here - another of the regeneration projects following Glasgow hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games - fairly new cut & paste new builds take time to develop any community character so we just marched onwards.

At clyde walkway.
At clyde walkway.
At clyde walkway.

Dalmarnock Road Bridge

At clyde walkway.
At clyde walkway.
Dalmarnock Bridge was built from 1889-91 and is lined with single cast iron lamp posts.
 At Dalmarnock the River Clyde forms the boundary between the City of Glasgow council area and the "Rutherglen bite" taken by South Lanarkshire. Note: We actually walked this section in reverse of our usual Clyde Walkway adventures and have switched the story for editorial reasons. Well done if you spotted Rudy walking in the "wrong" direction in the photos!
Rudy on our walk at The Clyde Walkway.