New link for towns

Walking and cycling path between Paisley and Renfrew

- EXPRESS REPORTER

A new walking and cycling route between Paisley and Renfrew has been officially opened and provides an active travel link between the two town centres for the first time in decades.

The 5km route offers a safe travel option off main road routes running from Paisley Gilmour Street railway station to the new Renfrew Bridge which also connects the towns with Clydebank and Yoker across the River Clyde.

The route comes out of the town centre across the White Cart footbridge onto Abercorn Street where it follows the path of the former railway track and runs behind West College Scotland's Paisley campus and the new Paisley Grammar School community campus which is being built on the site of the former Chivas building.

It then runs behind the Abbotsinch Retail Park and connects into Wright Street in Renfrew where people can choose to travel across the water into the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) or continue on through Knockhill Park and Robertson Park into Renfrew town centre - with the route going behind the Town Hall to reach the new Renfrew Bridge and across to Clydebank.