Places to explore near Renton StationRenton

Scotland's first national park, where the Highlands begin — bonnie banks, wooded glens and Ben Lomond within reach of Glasgow.

3.1 km N

A coast-to-coast across Scotland's waist, from Helensburgh to the conservationist's birthplace at Dunbar.

3.4 km N · spans 9 counties

Small bay and shingle shore on Loch Lomond near Balloch, a popular open viewpoint over the loch.

3.6 km N

Waterside leisure and shopping complex at Balloch with a Sea Life aquarium, bird of prey centre and cruises.

3.9 km N

Walled garden, woodland and Loch Lomond shore around a Regency castellated house at the south end of the loch.

4.7 km N

The biggest loch in Britain by area, half Highland and half Lowland, with an easy first hill above Balmaha

5.2 km N

Small knoll above Gartocharn, 'The Dumpling', giving an easy but celebrated panorama over Loch Lomond and its islands.

9 km NE

Britain's largest loch, island-strewn.

10 km NE

Malt and grain whisky distillery at Alexandria producing the Loch Lomond range.

2.5 km N

Thirty-four miles from Loch Lomond to the head of Loch Long, past the Gareloch, crossing the Highland line

3.4 km N · Argyll and Bute & West Dunbartonshire

Intimate walled and woodland garden near Cardross with a walled kitchen garden and burn-side walk.

4.8 km W

Scotland's coast-to-coast canal of 1790, reopened in 2001 and turned by the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies into modern landmarks.

7.8 km SE · spans 5 counties

Sixty-six miles of canal towpath coast to coast across central Scotland, from Bowling on the Clyde to Edinburgh

7.9 km SE · spans 7 counties