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| Name: | Cathkin Braes |
| Hill number: | 5502 |
| Height: | 200m / 656ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1686 Corse Hill |
| RHB Section: | 27A: Ayr to the River Clyde |
| County/UA: | Glasgow |
| Catchment: | Clyde |
| Class: | Current County/UA Top (CoU) |
| Grid ref: | NS 61479 58383 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground by path |
| Drop: | 3m |
| Col: | 197m NS615581  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 64 (1:25k) 342 |
| Comments: | 200m contour SW of trig pillar. Summit of hill is 1.3km SE, hill 13479, and not within Glasgow UA |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 107 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From layby parking on road to the south. Wandered round to make sure of high point then onto trig. | Alan Caine | 28/08/2023 |
| From the lay-by. The top, the view point and then the trig. | Newton Maximus | 12/06/2023 |
| As others, parked in layby on N. side of B759 at NS 6154 5832 - NW along well-worn paths through attractive woodland & bluebells to high point; this appears to close to a broom bush by path junction. | gerrybowes | 23/05/2023 |
| Parked in layby as the others. Walked around the bushes until I was satisfied I'd summited. | JAdair97 | 04/06/2022 |
| From Ardencraig Road, visited 138m trig and direct line to wind farm. Pleasant woodland walk over high point to 192m trig and vandalised viewpoint. | lordtonult | 25/04/2021 |
| Quick stroll from the lay-by. The path along the ridge has been badly eroded by mountain bikers, one of whom fell off her bike shortly after passing me but seemed none the worse for it. | sclater | 14/03/2021 |
| start of hpp | ryancomet | 12/03/2021 |
| Trail run from Linn Park. Short diversion to find true high point. | quadbarrel | 20/02/2021 |
| From lay-by near clubhouse. No views from top but must be superb vista from trig point.Unfortunately low cloud and mist today. With Bridget. | catman | 17/08/2020 |
| With Catman. | rosiebridge | 17/08/2020 |
| Nice long layby between golf clubhouse and wind farm. Walked back to clubhouse through eoods to clubhouse failing to find likely candidate for high point on the right. Nothing seen so continued to trig point with fantastic views over Glasgow, Ben Lomond beyond and peaks of Southern Highlands. Returned along edge with Glasgow to the right before picking up 2nd track from the road and heading to 200m contour ring. Still an indeterminate summit but I went for point near base of mature tree with adjacent strong sapling next to path. Definitely trig is the most worthwhile to visit with it's city views. | mntainman | 08/08/2020 |
| From the layby. | robertphillips | 03/07/2020 |
| Another visit to round off an almost 5 mile circuit round the park in occasional snow showers. | agentmancuso | 29/02/2020 |
| Parked in the main car park before spending sometime deciding on highest point in trees. Then visited trig point for views. | garyhoney | 31/10/2019 |
| On own. Short Sunday morning walk through pleasant deciduous woods from lay-by on B579 close to golf course entrance. Sadly no views from actual highest point as trees obscure. Plenty of mountain bikers enjoying themselves. | Beeliner | 08/09/2019 |
| Short walk from wind turbine entrance. | rhalstead | 24/06/2019 |
| From layby NW side B759 (NS 6154 5832). Good tracks through woodland. | jonglew | 04/05/2019 |
| Parked in layby and a quick walk in to the woods. A little bit odd. I may be mistaken but there were several men milling about in the layby and the woods. I don't want to jump to any conclusions but.... | clivevilla | 28/03/2019 |
| First hill of the year and first after serious mental health episode. Walk in from Burnside station - visited trig point first for view then attempted to find official top. Exact top effectively unfindable - hidden within grass/gorse/branches - but a decent attempt was made. | iangpark | 03/01/2019 |
| County top reached from the car park on B759 Cathkin rd Carmunnock. From the car park head right on a path and that will lead you to the trees the grid reference will be found in. Plus when I visited there was a snack wagon in the car park! | WAYNE ROWLETT | 03/08/2018 |
| Surprisingly rural for a large city. | Campbell Singer | 15/06/2018 |
| Walked up from Busby station. Fantastic views from the nearby trig and Queen Mary's seat. Park full of dog walkers not all of whom clean up after their animals! | Buck | 25/05/2018 |
| From the main car park to the summit, then on to the trig point and back round again. My favourite viewpoint of Glasgow. | Chris Mac | 16/05/2018 |
| From Burnside station and back. Good views over Glasgow. Not time to carry on to actual summit. | Andrew Pearson | 16/04/2018 |
| Pleasant walk from Busby station. Top is somewhere in the woods, but excellent views from the nearby trig. | Richard | 24/06/2017 |
| Just missed Dangerous Dave by a day. Not for the first time uncannily. | ngthack | 15/05/2017 |
| With Evan & Danu on our way home from the Take That concert at Glasgow Hydro! | Dangerous Dave | 14/05/2017 |
| On the bikes with Peter | nix_snilloc | 23/04/2017 |
| 1/3 First of three on misty but dry day (Cathkin Braes/Darrach Hill/Dumyat) | Fergalh | 20/11/2016 |
| Parked near golf course, HP on track, also went to trig point for the view over Glasgow and the hills to the North. Visited with A as a last stop on way Back South after a week on the Outer Hebrides. | PeterD | 23/07/2016 |
| Parked in the large layby on the north side of the B759 just west of the golf club. Found what I believe is the 'top' against the pathway. With GM. | bolton | 08/09/2015 |
| Revisit while geocaching with Alexander. | agentmancuso | 30/08/2015 |
| in wooded area | Adrian | 20/10/2013 |
| Revisited with Adrian, on a circular walk involving the <new> landfill P30. | RHW | 20/10/2013 |
| bike; no obvious summit | CraigW | 19/07/2013 |
| As Chris B. | Dugswell2 | 28/08/2011 |
| Parked in the golf club CP. Strangely not many cars! Walked to the grid ref then about a very flat top. Then went to the trig - fantastic view over Glasgow to the Highlands. | chrisbien | 04/12/2010 |
| In the snow | tcrannoch | 29/11/2010 |
| Close to the road en route to a trig point. Trig has great views over Glasgow, acgtual highest point less so. | andy | 21/02/2009 |
| Just a few metres from car park. No views from a flat top surrounded by trees. NOT the viewpoint a few hundred metres along the road! | Jimbob | 07/10/2008 |
| Not a particularly clear high point: did some blundering around in the undergrowth before becoming satisfied that I had bagged it. | campagvelocet | 10/01/2007 |
| scrubby birchy spot popular with locals. 2 laybys adjacent | RHW | 28/12/2005 |
| From the East. Met local at trig and viewpoint; enjoying himself with 4 cans of Stella. Very pleasant encounter. On to high point. Pre wind farm. Date approx. | The Captain | 01/06/2004 |
| View indicator damaged. | arranc | 20/03/2003 |
| Circular route through Fernhill, Castlemilk, Cathkin and back via High Burnside. Cracking views of Glasgow and to The Campsies. | Craigieboy44 | 15/10/1998 |
| Chalmers' walk 78, with Fiona. | agentmancuso | 05/03/1995 |
| Chewie31 | 11/10/2023 | |
| m11chael | 09/09/2023 | |
| boastfulhamster | 18/06/2023 | |
| vuirich | 24/04/2022 |