John Muir Way · Overnight stop
Accommodation in Kilsyth
The end of the third day, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling, after the Way has picked up the Forth & Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch and the line of the Antonine Wall.
End of day three · Stage stop
A North Lanarkshire town of around 10,000, known for the Battle of Kilsyth and its religious revivals rather than for visitors. It is a working town on the walk, not a destination, and that is fine for a night.
The third night on the standard schedule.
What is actually in Kilsyth
B&Bs and pubs, with more in Kirkintilloch, back along the canal.
How far ahead to book
A town that is not a holiday destination, so walkers are not competing with holidaymakers. The risk runs the other way: the supply is small enough for one wedding or event to fill it, so do not leave it to the week before.
When it is full
Kirkintilloch, back along the canal, or Glasgow by bus. Croy, the village to the south, has a station on the main Glasgow–Edinburgh line, which makes a night almost anywhere between the two cities workable.
Getting there, and getting out
No station in the town. Croy, just to the south, is on the main Glasgow–Edinburgh railway. Scotland's Great Trails lists buses to Kilsyth from Falkirk and from Glasgow.
Camping
Access code applies. The canal towpath is busy and the farmland enclosed, so this is not a section to plan a wild camp around.
Food and resupply
A town's shops. Adequate for a resupply before the canal to Falkirk.
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