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Fitness for Purpose Quality Site Ref. Site Name Score Balmore BAS1 Glenorchard Wood 66 Lennoxtown LTR1 High Park 83 LTI5 Lennoxtown War Memorial 81 LTP1 Schoenstadt 81 LTI8 Lennox Castle Hospital Residential Site 80 LTS7 Balgrochan Marsh 79 LTR2 Whitefield Pond 78 LTS2 Campsie Glen 78 LTL1 Strathkelvin Railway Path 77 Open Space Strategy LTF1 Campsie Cemetery 68 LTS2 LTI1 The Fells 67 LTI2 Benvue to Ashcroft Avenue 67 LTS4 Redhills Woodland 65 January 2014 7929 GIS 107 LTS9 Redhills View Woodland 65 LTI6 Drumaling Terrace 64 LTS5 Southfield Woodland 64 LTI7 McCabe Gardens 62 Legend LTI3 Benvue Road 60 LTR4 Ferguson Park 57 LTS6 Redhills View Grassland 56 East Dunbartonshire Local Authority Boundary LTS8 Ashcroft Ave. O.S. 56 LTS10 Westerton Wood 55 LTR3 Station Road Playing Fields 52 Scottish Local Authority Boundaries LTI4 Chapel Square 52 LTP1 Milton of Campsie MCI8 Mi lton of Campsie War Me morial 77 ! Allotments MCL2 Kelvin Valley Way 72 MCS5 Kincaid Wood 72 MCS11 Nappies Loan 71 Neighbourhood Open Spaces MCS3 Birdston Wood 71 MCL1 Strathkelvin Railway Route 70 MCS8 Skimmers Hill 70 Local Nature Conservation Site MCS7 Re dmoss Wood 69 MCS10 Western Shelterbelt 69 Natural / Semi-natural Greenspace MCI6 Maple Walk O. S. 1 65 MCI9 Maple Walk O. S. 2 65 MCR3 Milton Public Park 65 Neighbourhood Park MCI2 Munro Dr. O.S. 65 MCS16 South Grassland 65 MCI7 Cannerton Cres. O.S. 64 Sports Areas MCI1 Valleyfield O.S. 64 LTI8 MCS1 Birdston Comm. Woodland 63 Local Open Spaces LTI8 LTS7 MCS14 Red Moss Grassland 63 MCR1 Kincaid Park 62 MCS9 Northern Shelterbelt 62 Amenity Greenspace LTR2 LTR1 MCI3 Lochalsh Crescent 61 MCS2 South Woodland 60 MCI5 Al der Rd O. S. 58 Cemetery LTI4 LTF1 MCI4 Linden Lea 57 MCS17 Antermony Road 53 Civic Space LTI5 MCS13 Valleyfield Wood 52 LTS10 Local Park LTI3 Private Gardens / Grounds LTR3 LTI6 LTI1 LTS5 Regional Open Space LTS8 Recreational Walkway / Cycleway; LTR4 LTI2 LTS9 LTS6 Regional Historic / Natural Attraction; Regional Site of Nature Conservation Interest; LTI7 LTI7 LTS4 Regional Sport and Outdoor Recreation Site MCI3 Distance Bands MCI1 MCS13 Local Parks 400m buffer MCR3 MCI8 Milton of Campsie Growing Space LTL1 MCL1 Neighbourhood Parks 840m buffer MCS17 Regional Open Space 840m buffer MCS14 MCR1 MCI4 MCS11 MCI9 MCS9 MCI7 MCS7 MCI2 MCI6 MCS10 MCS16 MCS5 MCS8 MCI5 MCS2 MCS3 Figure 4d MCL2 Neighbourhood and MCS1 Local Open Spaces KL3 (Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Clachan of Campsie and Haughead) KL2 TR3 KI2 Km TS2 KI6 00.375 0.75 1.5 TR4 KI5 KS5 TR1 ± KI3 BAS1 TS4 TL1 KL2 KI8 This map is reproduced from Ordinance Survey material with the permission TI2 KR7 KR8 of Ordinance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationary TS1 Office © Crown Copyright 2013. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Torrance Community Growing Space KI10 KL2 TI1 KR1 copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. AL100017966.

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