Glasgow Countryside Rangers
The Glasgow Countryside Ranger Service offer an annual program of guided walks and activities that are free of charge at parks across the city!
About Glasgow Countryside Rangers
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The Glasgow Countryside Rangers team operate citywide, covering over 90 parks, 10 Local Nature Reserves and 8 Greenflag parks in Glasgow.
In addition to running this diary of countryside events, we deliver the Curriculum for Excellence through outdoor learning to schools, including teacher CPD and forest schools. We also carry out surveys and conservation work with volunteers to take positive action against biodiversity loss. Countryside Rangers are available to lead your class, group or club.
For more information or to book please contact us on the numbers or at the bases below. Or email countryside.rangers@glasgow.gov.uk
Tollcross Park, Tollcross Courtyard,
254B Wellshot Road, Glasgow. G32 7YH.
Phone: 0141 276 0931
All information (whether in text or photographs) is supplied in good faith but should not be relied upon as being a statement of representation or fact.
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