Castle Semple Country Park

Castle Semple Visitor Centre and Country Park is the gateway to Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park with wonderful water for outdoor activities plus walks, wildlife and woodlands.

About Castle Semple Country Park

	Castle Semple Country Park Lochlip Road, Lochwinnoch PA12 4EA
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The Visitor Centre and Country Park provide a great place to enjoy ‘wonderful water, walks and wildlife’ all year round in the ancestral homelands of the Clan Semple at the gateway to Scotland’s largest Regional Park.

Follow the ‘Semple Trail’ for a level off road route from the railway station, to the village, the Visitor Centre and along to Parkhill Wood past Castle Semple Collegiate Church and The Temple on Kenmure Hill to the village of Howwood.

Lots of outdoor activity courses and group taster sessions are available as well as bike hire, the Centre is on Sustrans off road cycle route 7 Glasgow – Irvine. There are a number of water sports and fishing clubs based at the Loch.

There is free car parking, toilets, picnic sites, sign posted walks, wildlife watching opportunities and a Countryside Ranger Service.

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Upcoming Events at Castle Semple Country Park

Workshops

Creative Mixology

24th January 2025

Castle Semple Country Park, Lochwinnoch

Try a mixology with a difference and get rid of those dry January blues with Clearview Minds' creative writing class at Castle Semple.

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