Walk: Windy Hill – it’s a breeze!

📌 Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, Renfrewshire
★★★

A quick ascent of Windy Hill near Lochwinnoch is the easiest way to experience the solitude and views of Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park without tramping across miles of pathless moorland. The cairn on the aptly-named, open summit is made of stones carried up by local schoolchildren in the 1970s, and the views from here into the park’s interior are excellent. Perhaps a candidate for a Glasgow post-work walk?

📷 Chronological photo guide

🌍 Location

📌 Start / finish at Muirshiel Visitor Centre, minor road end 4 mi northwest of Lochwinnoch

🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NS 312632

🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.832353,-4.697294

❌ No public transport within 1 mi

🚗 Car park

📝 Key info

▶ 2 km / 1 mi | ▲ 100 m | ⌛ 45 min

Features: 🏠 Muirshiel Visitor Centre; △ Windy Hill (316 m)

⬤ Easy | Excellent paths: stony lower down, grassy near summit, occasionally steep.

➡️ Out-and-back walk: start & visitor centre – Monument Wood – Windy Hill – return by outward route

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🥾 On our last visit

Wildlife: Woodland birds.

Weather: Evening sunshine with a moderate breeze on the summit.

August 2014