The Wee Burn Adventure

LowLight · The Wee Burn Adventure

Up until about 6 months ago I never even knew this wee burn existed.

So what better to do than trace it for a couple of miles on Live Maps.

Any info on it and where it eventually ends would be helpful.

I just found more of it heading East, it just kind of disappears though.

Its travels take it through Glasgow Business Park, under Edinburgh Road and Garrowhill Train Station.

From Garrowhill to the backs of some house in between Blackcroft Rd & Rylands Drive.

Closer shot of those gardens

And its last know sighting is just off Sandyhills Rd

The search continues.

BenCooper

Oh, interesting - I'll get my waders...

LowLight

Aye this is a job for you mate.

I see weans playing in it at Garrowhill and I've just always wondered where it starts and where it ends.

I'm still checking the maps.

BenCooper

I'm also hunting the St. Enoch Burn, but that seems to be no more...

Stuball

Ohhh, try Ochil Street and Tollcross Park :)

Stuball

Stuball

it seems to run underground between ochil st and tollcross park under 'Fairburn street'.... the clues in the name I reckon

LowLight

Stuball

Also check Sandyhills Golf course.... theres a burn running through the middle of it

LowLight

Just noticed that myself Stu. Thanks.

LowLight

Looks like it takes a sharp turn at the end of the golf course towards Hamilton Road

Stuball

The Ochil Street/Tollcross park burn may be a different one unlessit turns north after the golf course which is unlikely

Stuball

Right, if you look at where the burn turns sharply in the golf course and follow a virtual line down to hamilton road, you'll notice a break between the car dealerships that looks like a culverted stream. It continues down towards London Road in the same way but stops at a construction site.... andthe current live.com birdseye view shows a stack of pipes ready to be planted :)

LowLight

Nice one mate. Well that's another mystery kinda solved.

I'll call it Robertson Burn.

LowLight

Following this further east I thought it would lead to Woodend Loch or Lochend Loch (Drumpellier) but I think it runs just south of King Street and under Blair Road in Coatbridge.

I'll need to go over it again though because my heid is burstin'.

Alex Glass

I was up there a coupl of months back and took some photo. I thought it was possibly the remnents of the Monklands Canal.

This is where your arrow points "Through Back Gardens"

This is at the road east of the above point - Brodie Grove

And where you point at the area behind Easterhouse Station

The area at the side of Easterhouse Road to the east has changed since the Google Earth photo.

The burn runs under Easterhouse Road. This is the view to the west

And to the east

Some other photos from behind the houses

Whambamthankumam

It is the Tollcross Burn. It rises from a natural spring in a field east of Netherhouse road at Commonhead farm near Easterhouse and discharges into the Clyde at Dalbeth, between the cemetery and the Whisky bond. The Clyde Walkway passes over it at this point.

Spring is the red dot.

The spring taken by me a few years ago. It runs east and then takes a sharp corner south where it is joined by another stream.

Looking north from the bank of the Monkland Canal where the burn passes below it. The M73 motorway to the right.

The Clyde at Dalbeth.

This burn is at its most picturesque where it runs through Tollcross Park.

LowLight

Brilliant photos and some excellent info. Thanks to everyone for the help.

Alex Glass

I will try and get down to Sandyhills later in the week to take some more photos and may even manage to get to Tollcross Park

Thanks for starting this thread Lowlight. I was wanting to find out more about this burn/stream before posting the photos but never got round to it.

Stuball

I keep meaning to pop along to Tollcross park

LowLight

That would be great Alex. Thanks again.

The thread turned out a lot better than I thought it would. :)

Alex Glass

It was such a great start that I am sure it will get more interest if some of the guys manage to get out and take better photos.

LowLight

Aye I'm only a few minutes walk from Netherhouse Rd so I'll definitely be taking a trek up there for a few shots then I might even follow it for a wee while.

Better look out the wellies.

Alex Glass

I went for a wee wander round Sandyhills today in pursuit of the Tollcross Burn.

Although I didn't start here the Burn appears at Blackcroft Road.

It is under the gardens and houses here

And emeges in view across the road

First sight of it is here

It travels between the gardens in Manse Road

Before it is clearly seen from Sandyhills Road

Alex Glass

From Sandyhills Road just down from Shettleston Road the Burn can be seen behind the large gardens

It then disappears into Sandyhills Park

But throughtout the Park there are signs of the possible track the Burn follows.

Alex Glass

In Sandyhills Park there are T shaped signs which I beleive may be to identiy the path that the Burn takes through the Park

It seems to wynd its way throught the park before a clear sign that the Burn is about to appear again

Does anyone know what this sign means?

Alex Glass

In just an hour I tracked the Tollcross Burn to the rear of Ardgay Street

This section is between Ardgay Street and Strowan Crescent and is were my journey ends for now

james73

Excellent pics Alex.

James H

sputnik

alex,is that wee cog thing not the logo for what was the g.e.a.r. project.greater eastern area renewal.complete waste of resources that it was.

Alex Glass

Thanks Sputnik

I didn't think GEAR went that far east as it appeared to be concentrated around the inner east end but you could be right as the timing if the park being created fits with the timing of GEAR.

Stuball

I'm positive it crosses under Ochil Street and onto the park

Alex Glass

I was going to try and get to Ochil Street tomorrow if I can get time.

That area was flooded some years ago and I am sure the culvert is visible about Ochil Street

Stuball

I might race you there if I get out of bed at a decent time