Ruchill Park — Attraction in Scotland

Been coming here for over 30 years. The park is great for dog walking. Family's can come along and enjoy the play areas when the weather allows for days out. If your a fitness fanatic there are events held including fun runs, air golf and hills for the energetic, steep hills, bending hills, hard ground, soft ground. A lot of the park is over grown over the years paths have disappeared under moss and shrubbery. But still visible if you want to explore the area look out for them. The students recently brought the park to life when the recent snow fell arrived. As kids growing up in the area we loved going here in the snow with anything that would represent a sledge from a dinner tray out your grans kitchen to one of her oven trays if you never had a sledge. The students where here with those items plus snowboards and anything that slid them down the steep hills. There were snow men built everywhere, different characters making you smile and happy to be here.

Now for the worst part and my photos will show why. The FLAGPOLE After walking up to the park some may decide to go the extra wee climb up the spiraling hill to the view point known as the flagpole. Here you have a great view of the city centre. As you rotate yourself around the circle trying to take in the full view you will be disappointed. At some point in the career of a park ranger some one must have thought it would be good to plant up shrubs and other plants along with some trees. Adding colour to the hill around the view. I think a review is needed and work should be carried out here ASAP. You get the great view over the city centre then looking around to any part away from the roof tops of the city your view of to the fantastic scenery of the campsie hills etc is obscured by fur trees, birch trees etc all planted at the top of the hill. Please GCC sort this and let visitors enjoy a full 360° view as would have been intended when the area...

I used to love playing here as a kid with family & friends, it was well kept, colourful with flowers & enjoyed the view from the flag pole. Now there's only few patches of daffodils that look more like colourful weeds, graffiti on places etc, everything is over grown coming onto path ways, glass from broken alcohol bottles, beer/lager cans on paths, I had to keep my dog on a short lead so he wouldn't walk on it. No dog poo bins so there's dog mess almost everywhere, from the good people like myself that picks up their dogs business there is the little bags placed at area's were I assume they used to be. The top of the flag pole had the same & graffiti. The trees are over grown blocking that magnificent view over our lovely city, I did manage to get a picture from a small gap. It was honestly heartbreaking to see such a beautiful...

I've grew up around this park & have fond memories of the park,we locals hold our park in high esteem,always well looked after & arrangements are as good as anywhere,especially in summer,always so bright & colourful, delighted they removed they dangerous spikes to a modern fence,,mu friend fell off a tree in 70s & arm went clean through that spike,could have easily been his chest,neck,etc so well done but you also took your time,kids will try climb any fence,so your only making a dangerous situation for kids when u still have dangerous fences within the park,please...