152 Manse Road, ML1 2PY, Motherwell
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A flat parking area for Barons Haugh Nature Reserve, around 30 mins from Glasgow, with wooded walks and access to the Clyde river. It is quiet overnight, especially between 9pm and 7am, though dog walkers and cars arrive in the morning. There are no facilities apart from a bin, and dogs must be kept on lead. A 1 night only rule applies.
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Listing copied from our source, 53 days ago
Listing copied from our source, 53 days ago
Not very clean; rubbish is lying around. Quite noisy from 7:30 a.m. with cars, dogs and so on. Acceptable for one night if you want to get up early!
Lovely little place so quiet, nice walk around the nature reserve, really piece full on a night , dog walkers come and go but after 9pm and before 7 we never herd a thing
Beautiful place. Nice place to take a pleasant walk.
really lovely wooded dog walks all around. it is perfect spring day when im here, but to me this is idilic. quiet, vertually flat and surounded by nature and trees
Super peaceful site. No facilities as such but great visiting the park and for staying over for one night and allows dogs too.
Easy access, plenty of parking, quiet at night, lovely walks around RSPB reserve and along Clyde river, would recommend.
excellent place. incorrect name. its Barons Haugh Nature Reserve. dogs must be on lead. Deer and badgers around parking area. wardens check regularly. 1 night only rule applies.
Great for sleeping, and in the morning there is enough to do for a lovely walk. Please keep it clean so places like this can remain available. There is a rubbish bin, but no toilet.
Quiet place next to a nature reserve. Many dog walkers in the morning, but it did not bother us.
A quiet night with two other campers. Very beautiful nature reserve. You can take wonderful walks. If you go to the river at dusk and observe quietly, you can see kingfishers, herons, owls, foxes, otters and more. Many dog walkers around in the morning. Rubbish bin available.
Perfect place for one night. Many dog walkers in the evening and morning; otherwise absolutely quiet and peaceful. Very level parking area and great hiking trails around it.
we stayed for one night as a stopover and it was quiet! slightly sloped but not too bad for just a night. two cars pulled up in the night but there was no hassle. signal was ok but not great. lovely little walking/running loop around the nature reserve. friendly locals! bins were quite full!
Spent a quiet night here, nice place to walk the dog. Has a bin and the EE signal was decent.
Wonderful quiet place to spend a night. On the edge of the nature reserve so the doggies had a lovely walk in the morning. Clean & tidy bins available.
Stayed one night. Nice and quiet. No bother.
Decent enough place to park. Had a good night's sleep. The only downside was that some parts were a little too sloped, and I agree with the other comment that O2 and 3 service is not great. Otherwise, pleased with it.
Very beautiful, quiet place. Great opportunities for walking in the nearby recreation area.
Arrived at 10pm access through housing estate but no problems, one other car just pitching a roof tent we were in a 6.7m motorhome. Very quiet night we didn’t awake until 8am, by then the car campers had left and at least 10 cars of dog walkers and bird watchers had arrived - we didn’t hear them!! Went for a lovely walk around the Baron’s Haugh nature reserve then left around 12. 2 small bins (please don’t overload local amenities) 3G/4G on O2 and 3 not great but allowed low quality streaming. A great stop over not far from the motorway and really peaceful
The parking area is not far from the motorway, but is nevertheless surrounded by greenery. Throughout the day, walkers and many people with dogs use the parking area. The first visitors arrive around 7 a.m. The background noise from the motorway is not bothersome. The area is very nice for an extended walk.
Nice parking area next to a forest, where locals park to walk their dogs, but by 9 p.m. it was empty, with nobody but us until 6:30 a.m. The only bad thing is a constant background noise from the motorway, which passes not far away, although this did not prevent us from having a good night and hearing the birds in the morning.
Wonderful place. Very quiet. Many dog walkers in the morning, but absolutely not bothersome. We were pleasantly woken by the birds. Highly recommended.