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Lennoxtown

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Photographs of a circular walk from the Clachan of Campsie

 through Schoenstatt,

along the Thomas Muir Trail to Lennoxtown

 then climbing to Lennox Forest

 and returning via Lennox Castle

Clachan of Campsie beneath the Campsie Fells

Clachan of Campsie

 
beneath the Campsie Fells



Schoenstatt beneath the Campsie Fells

Schoenstatt beneath the Campsie Fells

Origininally Ballencleroch House,

Schoenstatt ( "
beautiful place ")

 is named after a village near Koblenz

 in Germany.

 Schoenstatt is a
Roman Catholic Movement

 that
emphasizes a devotion to the Virgin Mary.

 There is a woodland walk within Schoenstatt



Schoenstatt beneath the Campsie Fells






Chapel at Schoenstatt






Chapel at Schoenstatt







Woodland walk beside the Campsie Glen Burn through Schoenstatt

Woodland walk

 beside the Campsie Glen Burn

 through Schoenstatt





Campsie Fells from the Thomas Muir Trail to Lennoxtown

Campsie Fells

from the Thomas Muir Trail to Lennoxtown

Between Clachan of Campsie and Lennoxtown

 the route follows the Strathkelvin Railway Path






Bridge over the Thomas Muir Trail

Bridge over the Thomas Muir Trail



The High Kirk in Lennoxtown beneath the Campsie Fells

The High Kirk in Lennoxtown

 beneath the Campsie Fells


from the
Thomas Muir Trail


The High Kirk in Lennoxtown

The High Kirk in Lennoxtown



The High Kirk in Lennoxtown

The High Kirk in Lennoxtown





The High Kirk in Lennoxtown

The High Kirk in Lennoxtown





Entrance Gateway War Memorial to the The High Kirk in Lennoxtown

Entrance Gateway War Memorial

 to the The High Kirk






The Primary School in Lennoxtown

The Primary School

in Lennoxtown




Lennoxtown beneath Cort-ma Law on the Campsie Fells

Lennoxtown beneath Cort-ma Law

on the
Campsie Fells 



Sign at Lennox Forest above Lennoxtown

Sign at Lennox Forest

 above Lennoxtown





Lochan in Lennox Forest above Lennoxtown

Lochan

in Lennox Forest




Lennox Castle above Lennoxtown

Lennox Castle above Lennoxtown

Lennox Castle was built
between 1837 and 1841

 by John Lennox Kincaid.

In April 1925 Glasgow Parish Council resolved to build


a new Mental Deficiency Institution


under the provisions of the 1913 Act.


In 1927 the castle and its estate


were purchased and plans drawn up


for what was intended to be the largest


and best equipped hospital of its type in Britain.


Providing 1,200 beds at the cost of £1.25m,


work began converting the estate


to the designs of Wylie, Shanks and Wylie.


Lennox Castle itself was adapted into a nurses home.


Later requisitioned under the Emergency Hospital Scheme,


with ward huts constructed near the Castle, during WW2.


A maternity unit was subsequently established


on the site in 1941


which operated until 1964.


In 1987, the castle,


previously used for nurses' accommodation,


was vacated.






Aerial view of Lennox Castle above Lennoxtown

Aerial view of Lennox Castle

 above Lennoxtown.

Lennox Castle was built

between
1837 and 1841

 by John Lennox Kincaid 





Aerial view of Lennox Castle above Lennoxtown

Aerial view of Lennox Castle

 above Lennoxtown.

Lennox Castle was built

between
1837 and 1841

 by John Lennox Kincaid 





Lennox Castle above Lennoxtown






Lennox Castle above Lennoxtown






Lennox Castle above Lennoxtown








Lennox Castle above Lennoxtown











Lennox Castle above Lennoxtown






Campsie Glen and the Crow Road over the Campsie Fells above Lennoxtown

Campsie Glen and the Crow Road

 over the Campsie Fells


 above Lennoxtown



Snow-covered Campsie Fells above Lennoxtown

 Snow-covered Campsie Fells

above Lennoxtown




Whitefield Pond in Lennoxtown

Campsie Fells

above Whitefield Pond

in Lennoxtown





Map of the Thomas Muir Trail from Clachan of Campsie to Lennoxtown

Map of the Thomas Muir Trail

from Clachan of Campsie to Lennoxtown


Map of Lennoxtown beneath the Campsie Fells

Map of Lennoxtown

beneath the Campsie Fells





Lennox Forest Walk

Lennox Castle Walk





LENNOXTOWN CIRCULAR WALK  - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:


This walk is around four miles and is from the Clachan of Campsie along the lowerground around Lennox Forest.
The walk starts at the side of the Glazert Country House Hotel off Milton Road in Lennoxtown and follows the
sign to the Strathkelvin Railway Path. It crosses the road bridge over the Glazert Water and then over the Railway Path before turning right onto the signed, “Footpath to Station Road’, a narrow path through a wood which runs parallel to the Glazert and the Railway Path. At the end of the wood, the walk crosses Station Road and continues on an open country road with beech hedges on either side. It passes Balglass Farm on the right with a lovely view looking over to the Campsie Fells before entering Lennox Castle Estate through 2 sets of stone pillars. The lodge between the stone pillars was at one time occupied by a resident doctor and the houses to the right were for hospital staff.
Continuing ahead and up hill. the walk passes Darnley House on the left, a lovely brick facing mansion, and after crossing the bridge over the burn it turns left still uphill to pass the side of the luxrious Celtic Football Training Ground. It then passes “The White House‘ on the left and after going round the low green gate it turns right at the Y-junction onto a straight road bordered by rhododendron bushes and above the Training Ground. At the next junction, the walk goes round the facing high gate fence and enters a driveway which is lined with more mature rhododendron bushes and which drops down gradually to the ruined Lennox Castle. Leaving the Castle, the walk continues on the main driveway and winds its way down through a delightful avenue of trees. lt changes onto a narrow path at the bottom and then crosses a wide stone walled bridge over the Glazert and into a wood. Coming out of the wood, the walk turns right onto the Strathkelvin Railway Path with its many interesting points of note. It passes the path which returns to the start of the Thomas Muir Trail at the Clachan of Campsie and continues across the walkway over the Campsie Burn to the road entrance of the new housing development and Celtic Training Ground.
Alter crossing the road and turning left for a short distance, the walk re-enters the Railway Path on the right. Initially it is surrounded by trees as it meets again the Thomas Muir Trail, passes under the first roadbridge and links up with the Glazert as it flows alongside. The trees gradually thin out on the left side with new housing and after passing under the second roadbridge for Station Road. open ground appears with the grass and blaes football pitches. The Railway Path then crosses once again a footbridge over the Glazert and the walk follows the Glazert on the other side and through another wood. On reaching the zig-zag barrier it finally turns left off the Railway Path and
returns to the start beside the Glazert Country House Hotel.



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