This final section starts from Bothwell Parish Church with its ancient links to Kentigern and the Cathedral. At the church cross the road and turn left into Station Road. A short distance on the right enter the Nature Trail and follow left to a flight of steps leading onto Blantyre Road. Turn left on the road and descend to the River and to the Clyde Walkway at the pedestrian bridge. (A short deviation over the bridge leads to the site of the Blantyre Mill and the David Livingston Birthplace.) Keep on the right bank of the river to reach the spectacular remains of the historically important Bothwell Castle.
Beyond the castle the path crosses the river at the Green Bridge and follows a series of paths on the south side of the Clyde as far as Cambuslang where it crosses back to the right (northern) bank and follows the river all the way into Glasgow Green with its Peoples Palace Museum and Victorian Winter Gardens.
Continue through the park to exit onto the Saltmarket. You now find yourself in the most ancient part of the city and on the route that originally linked a fishing village situated on the banks of the river with Kentigern’s monastic cell on the hill above – the present-day site of Glasgow Cathedral. Turn right up through the Saltmarket, past the Trongate and Tollbooth Steeple. Continue up the High Street and Castle Street past Provand’s Lordship to reach your final objective – Glasgow Cathedral and the Crypt of St Kentigern.
