March’s GoBike ride – a look back at the Parks we visited

Broomfield Road, with Wallacewell Road on the left

Our ride on Sunday 02 March took us on this 21 mile route:

Starting from the SEC we made our way to the first park, Glasgow Green and then the seven of us moved on to at least another 10.

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Sunday 2 March 2025, the GoBike ride – Eastern Parks

Tree-lined road in Glasgow Green


This ride sees us heading along the riverside to Glasgow Green, then onwards to explore the East End of Glasgow, including its parks. We will see some of the better known parks such as Tollcross Park and Hogganfield Park, and also some of the smaller parks.

Swans by the banks of Hogganfield Loch

Along the way we will pass attractions as diverse as the Velodrome and Provan Hall. We will finish up at Speirs Wharf at around lunchtime.
22 miles, with the occasional climb, and short bits on main roads.

Meet 10am at the north end of Bell’s Bridge, Congress Road, Glasgow.

For more information, see the GoBike cycle rides page.

Consultations: February 2025

Custom House Quay & Carlton Place plans – downstream view looking west across Glasgow

A list of open/forthcoming consultations – including in-person and online events. 

Some major consultations for Glasgow City, North Lanarkshire and the wider region (via Clyde Metro), so time for an update…

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GoBike February Ride, the Good, the Bad and the Downright Ugly!

Kinning footbridge works

Ten of us set off this Sunday morning and cycled the intricate route shown on the map above, and what a variety of infrastructure we saw.

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Sunday 02 February: GoBike’s Infrastructure Ride

'Look out for each other' campaign (GCC) video screenshot

Let’s hope the weather on Sunday is conducive to checking out all the cycling infrastructure on Andy’s route: the new and not so new, the good and not so good.

Byres Rd cycle lane – bollards being added, August 2024
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Happy New Year – and please don’t forget Sunday’s ride!

Byres Rd cycle lane – bollards being added, August 2024

Sunday 05 January will be our specific infrastructure ride and will take in much of the recently built cycle infrastructure within Glasgow. Let’s hope the weather is kind to us. We will revisit Byres Road, taking a more detailed look than last month.

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Our Bridges route, for today, 01 December and photos

Wee Bridge, Pollok Park

Here’s the part route that I did today – sorry I had to leave you, but thanks everyone for your help! I seem to be fully recovered from my wee dip.

Here’s the full route – with thanks to Tim!

A bit trickier to see, but do read on for some photos!

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Sunday 01 December, time for the Circular GoBike ride!

Govan-Partick bridge from Govan
Stockingfield Junction Bridges and viewing platform, Forth and Clyde Canal. View East towards Ruchill (image: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
Stockingfield Bridge (image: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

For our themed December ride, we will be taking a spiral tour of Glasgow, taking in a number of new, rebuilt, and other modern bridges. These include new cycle bridges, railway bridges, motorway bridges, and river and canal bridges.

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