Very cheap prices for zoo excellent park for kids and let us in for toilet after closing.read more

How have I not reviewed this place yet? Well by dammit, it's nearly midnight on a Thursday, the…read moreweek after I was actually there but hey ho, here goes. Calderglen is for any person in East Kilbride, a little slice of heaven. The town is, to be kind, a bit grey. It's a new town with not much new about it and frankly, dull. I commute to Glasgow every day and come home to sit and watch TV. So, Calderglen offers me that escape to a nature, and only a five minute drive from my house (or half hour walk). Honestly, once you're down on the nature trail, you'd be forgiven for thinking you were in a completely different part of Scotland. The trees are high, the river is soft and flowing and you can hear the wildlife all around you. Although, at the moment, the main trail is closed because of rock falls but that was almost a week ago so hopefully it has been secured and re-opened. It's not quite as big as say, Chatelheraut but is very similar in terms of offering a nice circular walk to fill your lungs with fresh air. I love being half way round, right in amongst the trees and not being able to hear a car or many other sounds for that matter. Up at the castle grounds area of the park and across from the playing fields and cricket club, there is a botanical garden with an adjoining children's petting zoo. The zoo has various birds and small mammals, which my daughter Grace loves (obviously with a special fondness for the meerkats.) It's well worth a wee visit, particularly if you have kids. My only one gripe about Calderglen is the adventure playground. It really needs some TLC. There are no swings for kids and the zip slide thing for kids has no zipper (chair). The sand pit is also a bit suspect. So that's a shame because the place will be mobbed with picnicers this summer. There also used to be a duckpond and a couple of pig pens near the car park but these have been either closed or left to grow over, which again is sad because I loved them as child. Okay, that was two minor gripes but still, if you're ever in town, drive straight past the town centre shopping mall (it's pants) and go to Calderglen.

This was my local park when I was growing up, it's a great park for kids with lots of open space, a…read morelovely little park and a farm with lots of animals. There are some lovely walks that take you along the river Avon to Avonbridge one way and across the aquaduct and along the canal to Linlithgow the other. The farm has rabbits, guinea pigs, a range of birds, pigs, highland cows, sheep, llamas, alpacas, ponies, horses etc etc.. A good selection to keep the little ones interested. There is a small cafe and an information center in the old court yard. The cafe is great value for money for soup and a roll! There is lots of parking at various points in the park although gates are closed at 5.30 each night so it's not so good for evening walks..

Alexandra Park is a lovely big space that it well maintained. The gardeners should be proud of the…read moregorgeous flowers and well groomed lawns. The park has a fountain, a duck pond, an outside gym, 2 kids play parks (one for younger kids & one for older), another pond like area with swans & is attached to the local golf course. It's lovely for a walk, a sunbathe or some squirrel watching.

I moved to the East End a few weeks ago and now we finally had a sunny weekend day when I wasn't at…read morework to explore. I headed in the main entrance and walked as far as I could before I came to a golf course and headed right to work my way around the rest of the park. Unless I went horrendously offcourse you could probably blitz it in about half an hour. There are a couple of decent-sized playpark areas over to the right as you walk in the main entrance, with benches for parents and guardians to sit and watch/play on their phones. Beyond that there's a small stretch of water where the pigeons and other birds potter about, then another bit of water beyond that which is really shallow and reveals a big swamp area which isn't so pretty. There's a fountain (I didn't see any water) which would make a good meeting point, and quite a few benches. Not all of them were in the sun so you might need to share if you're looking for one where you're not just sitting in the shade. Where the playparks are there is a small area of exercise equipment, and there are community gardening events which go on if you're interested. Marked it down one star as the water area is a bit ugly with all the mud - as there's no water it probably encourages kids to play in it and they'd get really manky.

Palacerigg Country Park is a lovely place to bring young people! I work with children and have…read morebrought some of them there occasionally! Invarioubly they ask to visit this park again! You take the cut off for Cumbernauld when you are heading out of Airdrie on the Stirling Road. Turn right and then first left down through the little hamlet of Luggiebank (I just love that name!). At 1st roundabout turn right and then right again at the second roundabout where you will see the sign for Palacerigg Country Park (right turn just about 100yds from r.a.). It is not very large but is a pretty setting with lots of lovely trees and foliage and this is home to some georgious animals and birds. Two beautiful black swans with red bills sail about serenely in the little lake. You will see pigs (one giant one), goats proudly showing off enviable (if you're a man that is!) goatees, rabbits, hares, ferrets, peacocks, peahens, Zebedee a sacred Asian cow and Eddie the donkey who sadly has a condition that makes him a bit wobbly on his legs! There are any number of lovely animals who look genuinely happy to be there! I have a bit of a thing about animals being kept in captivity but these little creatures do look at home unlike magnificent cheetas, lions, pumas, elephant, giraffes and others of the mighty animal kingdom who appear to be miserable (understandably) and stagnating in badly run zoos and so called safari parks. There is no charge to enjoy this contact with nature, which is not far from the city of Glasgow. Parking is free with sufficient space and the little park hosts a cafe and toilet facilities, of course. A lovely place, particularly for young children or just to have a bit of space in a pleasant little haven for yourself.

This is the best place to go at Easter as it is full of baby chicks and other animals that you can…read moreget up close to. The kids will love being able to actually interact with the animals rather than just looking at them via a cage, and it will defo bring out the big kid in you

Had a very enjoyable and filing lunch here at the weekend - charcuterie board followed by…read morequesadillas. Friendly and amusing service and overall a pleasant atmosphere. The art on display is unfortunately not very good and it's a bit odd that there is no local, or at least Scottish, beer available, given the carbon footprint associated with stocking Camden products. Still, an acceptable excuse to stay off alcohol until later in the day. The gardens themselves are very well maintained and the play park is very well appointed.

Beautiful gardens with a bandstand, greenhouse and statues including Gandhi, very pleasant walk and…read moreSaughton Park is just through the Gardens so great for kids to enjoy, there is a small trampoline at the park, a sandpit for younger children and lots of other fun apparatus, there is also a skate park for all those bikes and scooter and skateboarding lovers.

The park is snugged at the foot of the Pentland hills. It is a great place for keen walkers,…read morejoggers and cyclists,. It is a fun place for kids of all ages. A brilliant place for a picnic on a sunny weekend day or even daily walks of you pet dog.

A former hunting lodge for the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and one of the few surviving buildings…read morefrom the Hamilton estate. I say surviving but it underwent a pretty massive restoration process to get to the condition it is in today. Inside the building is a small museum, a shop and a cafe. There are formal gardens, trying to replicate the gardens of the lodge when it was used. What keeps me coming back to Chatelherault is the grounds. The walks through the woods are beautiful, there are several different routes of varying lengths but if you haven't already been you need to walk up to the Cadow Oaks. This trio of oak trees are at least 600 years old, 1000 by some accounts and it is a really special place. The walk up there is lovely at any time of year, over gorges, rivers, past ruins and through amazing woodland. I would suggest wellies or something waterproof for your feet as it can get squelchy underfoot but there are good well maintained footpaths all the way and I think it's pretty well signposted.

Beautiful park so much to see and so much to do and so well kept. Had a great morning with son and…read moredog and footballs. Had a good walk played with the ball and spoke to other dog walkers. We then decided to go to the cafe for a wee snack. Son decided on soup - 2 choices went with the lentil and bacon with an added extra bread roll (u get one with soup) these were little poppy seed rolls that would have seriously injured someone if thrown - they did exchange them though but didn't remove the other hard ones from the top!!! Coffee was served in what I would consider a basin - who needs a gallon of coffee. If the coffee was good we would not require as much. Ended up leaving the coffee and the soup and the lentils were still hard - have given four stars as the park is amazing and hopefully they were just having a bad day.

So Tollcross has a park and it's less than 15mins from us...who knew…read more I'm always looking for new places to walk the Dog as walking the same routes day in day out can be boring. So we decided to TC park a quick try. When we parked I was surprised how big it was, conscious it was about to get very dark very quick we choose a path that we knew we could loop back on but from the map it looked like you could take all sorts of natural walks. There is an animal farm for kids and some sheep! This not so little park is brilliant and ideal for dog walking. What I did like was that parts of it was lit! So rare to find lights in a park. Ideal for winter nights!

I literally life a few feet away from this park!…read more I have always went up this park because it's so close,but I honestly think it must be one of the best parks in Glasgow! Pro's: It is absolutley beautifull! Honest to god dust look at some of the views you get to see on sunny days! Great place to bring kids or dogs! Dog walkers are (usually) friendly Really quite big and has lots of little places to explore! Great wildlife! Bats live right next to my house in the park! Squirrels are also very common Con's There is a pole near Tollcross rd in the park that constantly makes noise when its windy! I don't want to go up the park at night because that is where the local gangs hang out and sometimes fight.So if your gonna go,go during the day! The Tollcross Swimming Centre (or whatever it is now called) encroches on quite alot of the park. Some paths have been blocked off because of construction of the extention to the Swimming Venue. All in all,I strongly reccomend paying a visit if it is sunny,light and not windy!