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ScottishLowlands

If you need this leaflet in an alternative format, for example, large print or another language, please contact:The Diversity Team. Tel: 0131 314 6575E-mail: diversity@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

For more information please contact:

Forestry Commission ScotlandScottish Lowlands Forest DistrictFive Sisters HouseFive Sisters Business ParkWest CalderEH558PNTel: 01555 660190email:scottishlowlands@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

For more information please contact:

Forestry Commission ScotlandScottish Lowlands Forest DistrictFive Sisters HouseFive Sisters Business ParkWest CalderEH558PNTel: 01555 660190email:scottishlowlands@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Easterhouse

Bishop Loch

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Follow the Forest Code Guard against all risks of fire

Protect and respect wildlife, plants and trees

Keep dogs under control

Take your litter home

Respect the quiet of the forest

Take only memories away

www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland

Cardowan Moss

Enjoy Your Woodlands

It’s easier than you think to escape the city. Forestry Commission Scotland is making the woodlands of Easterhouse more welcoming and accessible so you can enjoy a walk and leave the rumble of the traffic behind you for a while. Watch for wildlife, take a picnic, ride your bike or just stretch your legs and take in the scenery.

A regular stroll through the woods could help you feel good, lose weight, reduce stress levels,

improve your fitness and even lower the risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

You could join one of the friendly, volunteer-led health walks in the city – for details see: www.glasgowlife.org.uk/healthwalks

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If you need this leaflet in an alternative format, for example, large print or another language, please contact:The Diversity Team. Tel: 0131 314 6575E-mail: diversity@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

For more information please contact:

Forestry Commission ScotlandScottish Lowlands Forest DistrictFive Sisters HouseFive Sisters Business ParkWest CalderEH558PNTel: 01555 660190email:scottishlowlands@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

For more information please contact:

Forestry Commission ScotlandScottish Lowlands Forest DistrictFive Sisters HouseFive Sisters Business ParkWest CalderEH558PNTel: 01555 660190email:scottishlowlands@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Easterhouse

Bishop Loch

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summer. Look for buzzardssoaring overhead and great spotted woodpeckers among the trees. Water voles and roe deer also live here.

From the well-maintained trail you get superb views of the Victorian turrets of Gartloch Hospital, originally an asylum for the poor and later for psychiatric patients.

In the Footsteps of BishopsLose the stresses of modern life among the trees and discover beautiful views over Bishop Loch. This trail takes you through a landscape of legends and wildlife on the outskirts of Easterhouse.

It was once a relaxing retreat for the bishops of Glasgow. The medieval palace they built on the lochside was destroyed long ago. But the peace and tranquility the bishops once enjoyed remains.

Green and purple reed beds surround the banks of Bishop Loch. They help keep its waters clean. Listen for the cries of the birds they shelter, such as the water rail, which sounds like a squealing pig.

The grasslands above the trail are alive with insects and colourful blooms in the

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The TrailYou’ll find many different landscapes on the Bishop Loch trail. The route passes through pleasant, open woodland with lots of big trees before reaching the loch. It skirts the shore where the bulrush swamp and reed beds come right up to its edge. And as it rises through wildflower meadows, you’ll get great views across the water.

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