Clydeside Community Park

The existing Clydeside Community Park remains a relatively isolated and underused greenspace. Plans include improvements to the existing park and the development of community woodland and allotments.

  • Artist's impression of the potential new entrance to the Clydeside Community Park
  • Plan of the Clydeside Community Park and Woodland Forest
  • Plan of the Clydeside Community Park and Woodland Forest

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KEY PROPOSALS

  • Community woodland with associated allotments
  • More formal landscape improvements close to the existing crossing point on the Forth and Clyde Canal
  • A new entrance to Clydeside Community Park from Beardmore Way with additional park facilities
  • Improved access along the Clyde connecting the park to Clyde Gate and beyond
  • Habitat enhancements associated with Duntocher Burn

This project is part of the Clyde Waterfront Green Network

Lead Partner: West Dunbartonshire Council

Project History
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  • Existing view of the Golden Jubilee Hospital and Clydeside Community Park
  • Existing view of the Golden Jubilee Hospital and Clydeside Community Park
  • Plan of the Clydeside Community Park and Woodland Forest
  • Proposed location for the community woodland
  • Aerial view of Clydeside Community Park on the north bank
  • Aerial view of Clydeside Community Park on the north bank
  • Aerial view of Clydeside Community Park on the north bank

Location:

Clydebank & Erskine, Hospital Gate

Description:

Existing perimeter fencing makes access to the Park difficult. There is also an extensive area of lawns associated with the Golden Jubilee Hospital which is currently unused. Beside the Forth and Clyde Canal, there are large areas of greenspace and sports pitches which have been neglected. And at the moment access along the waterfront is constrained, particularly in front of the hospital building where a helicopter pad is in use.

Clydebank Re-built is the urban regeneration company principally responsible for the renaissance of Clydebank. The company has set out a comprehensive masterplan for the future development of the area and a number of key development projects close to Clydeside Community Park have been completed or are planned.

These include

  • Clyde Gate - New formal high quality public realm which has helped to stimulate private investment at Clydebank Business Park
  • QQ Housing - A major residential development proposal to the east of the area
  • Riverside Development - A proposal for new business pavilions. New access to this area has been provided from the town centre.

 

Current status:

Identified as strategic project. Costed designs are currently being developed.

Timescale:

by 2020