Bike paths/trails near Gleneagles

[Twilkes]

We're staying near Gleneagles station and looking to see if there are any bike paths or dirt roads/gravel etc that we could take our 5 year old on. He's done a 12 mile ride before but not great on long hills so something flat would be good.

Anything nearby?

 

[Slick]

I'm not sure if too many people will know that area well enough and unfortunately, I'm no different but I am a golfer and have played the courses over there a few times and noticed quite a network of paths within the grounds that would be perfect for a 5 year old.

For more specific local knowledge, maybe @Mo1959 could advise.

 

[Twilkes]

That's a good call - getting there might be tricky, Strava's not showing any riding/walking paths apart from the main roads. Will ask at the place we're staying, see if they know but it doesn't look great looking at Strava's heatmaps.

 

[Mo1959]

To be honest, there’s not much in the way of trails sadly. A few short paths around the town which are for walking/cycling but they aren’t going to take long.

 

[Baldy]

No good for a 5 year old but the only routes I can think of go up into the Ochils. I live on the south side of the hills, there's a few ways you can go over but there all a bit much for the little one.

 

[Twilkes]

Yes having stayed up there it was very poor for children's cycling, a quiet but fast B road with big hills on it to even get anywhere useful. In the end he was happy enough just sat in the jacuzzi.