GCV Green Network
Connecting Our Quality Spaces

Gleniffer Braes Country Park is an important rural green space occupying 480 hectares of countryside immediately to the south of Paisley in Renfrewshire.

The Country Park is one of several large greenspace sites around the Glasgow and Clyde Valley (GCV) area. 

These greenspace sites act individually and jointly as significant visitor attractions for the whole of west central Scotland, with some attracting upwards of 500,000 visitors per year. Several of these sites provide important ‘gateways’ from urban environments to the regions spectacular rural landscapes and beyond.

Although Gleniffer Braes has been designated as a Country Park for nearly 30 years, there are limited visitor facilities there compared to other country parks, and a modest programme of events and activities.

The GCV Green Network Partnership aims to contribute toward the development of a sustainably managed and marketed Country Park through the implementation of a Green Network Strategy for the area.

New investment will be required to fully develop the potential of the Country Park as an important contribution to the GCV Green Network and to deliver environmental quality, social health and economic development benefits over the next thirty years.

The Gleniffer Braes Green Network Strategy highlights ten strategic objectives. The need to:

• Prepare a detailed management plan
• Engage the local community in the development process
• Establish baseline visitor numbers and targets
• Increase the range of activities
• Introduce a programme of environmental education
• Provide new and improved access for users
• Prepare a five year facilities development plan
• Develop partnerships with appropriate stakeholder groups and businesses
• Maintain and enhance the natural, built and cultural heritage
• Develop and implement a funding and resource strategy

For more detailed information the full Gleniffer Braes Green Network strategy document will be available on this page shortly.

The Way Forward

The Project Steering Group is working to deliver the recommendations of the Gleniffer Braes Green Network Strategy. Several working groups have been created to take things forward:

• Gleniffer Braes Management Structure Working Group
• Gleniffer Braes Access Working Group
• Gleniffer Braes Heritage Conservation Working Group