Looking north over GlasgowWind turbine, installed 2013Stone viewpoint within the park
Cathkin Braes is an area of hills to the south east of the city of Glasgow, in Scotland. It lies to the south of the districts of Castlemilk,[1] Fernhill and Burnside, and to the east of Carmunnock.
Rising to over 200 m (660 ft) in elevation, it includes the highest point in the Glasgow City area. It was a rallying point in the Radical War. It includes The Big Wood and Cathkin Braes Park Woodland, both areas of mature beech, sycamore and oak trees. In addition there is grassland, heath, hedgerows and wetlands. These natural areas provide foraging habitat for a number of species, including kestrels and owls.
A number of mountain bike trails have been constructed in the area. These were used for the 2013 British National Mountain Biking Championships, and was the venue for mountain biking at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. These trails include one orange, two red, and one blue. There is also a skills park and pump track at the bottom of the hill. The skills park includes drop off practise, jump practise and rock roll practise.
Since 2013, a single 3 MW wind turbine – 125 metres (410 ft) in height including the blades – has been in place at the brow of the Braes, just inside the Glasgow City boundary[2] (a trig point and transmitter station a short distance to the east are within South Lanarkshire). Due to its prominent location, the turbine can be seen from across the city. It is unclear if more are planned for the area, with subsidy funding for onshore windfarms cut by the UK Government in 2015, although local bodies were supportive of further projects.[3]
The vista of the city from its summit was used as the original title card for the police drama Taggart.
^"Castlemilk from Cathkin Braes". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
^Vivienne Nicoll (23 May 2013). "£5m city turbine will be visible around world". Evening Times. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
^Jamie McIvor (17 July 2015). "Scottish councils 'may lose wind farm cash'". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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show used a panoramic shot of Glasgow taken from the summit of the CathkinBraes to the south of the city. In the early years live infill shots of the...
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streets of Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and Stirling – road cycling CathkinBraes Mountain Bike Trails – mountain biking Glasgow BMX Centre (Knightswood)...
Park Auchinlea Park Bellahouston Park Botanic Gardens Castlemilk Park CathkinBraes Cranhill Park Dams to Darnley Country Park Dawsholm Park Elder Park...
Park Auchinlea Park Bellahouston Park Botanic Gardens Castlemilk Park CathkinBraes Cranhill Park Dams to Darnley Country Park Dawsholm Park Elder Park...
Park Auchinlea Park Bellahouston Park Botanic Gardens Castlemilk Park CathkinBraes Cranhill Park Dams to Darnley Country Park Dawsholm Park Elder Park...
was bounded to the north by Rottenrow lane, and on the east by Deanside Brae, down via Greyfriar's Wynd (Shuttle Street) to Candleriggs. These lands became...
Stuarts of Castlemilk, whose defensive stronghold at the foot of the CathkinBraes contained a chamber later known as Queen Mary's Room, where Her Majesty...
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Cannondale team and later that year won the senior women's race at CathkinBraes, Glasgow, becoming the UK national cross country champion. Craigie represented...
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