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41: 19: 602: 607: 612: 30: 876: 933: 233: 86:. It includes The Big Wood and Cathkin Braes Park Woodland, both areas of mature beech, sycamore and oak trees. In addition there is grassland, heath, hedgerows and wetlands. These natural areas provide foraging habitat for a number of species, including kestrels and owls. 101:. These trails include one orange, two red, and one blue. There is also a skills park and pump track at the bottom of the hill. The skills park includes drop off practise, jump practise and rock roll practise. 120:). Due to its prominent location, the turbine can be seen from across the city. It is unclear if more are planned for the area, with subsidy funding for onshore windfarms cut by the 771: 326: 751: 249: 410: 801: 719: 796: 756: 729: 643: 1033: 606: 848: 781: 828: 689: 860: 761: 319: 699: 108:– 125 metres (410 ft) in height including the blades – has been in place at the brow of the Braes, just inside the Glasgow City boundary (a 94: 843: 601: 1023: 312: 974: 636: 611: 1013: 998: 629: 176: 1003: 503: 425: 40: 275: 1028: 1018: 18: 1038: 121: 480: 967: 237: 993: 704: 390: 875: 744: 508: 485: 430: 405: 400: 350: 68: 591: 571: 420: 960: 576: 440: 435: 257: 879: 838: 818: 581: 566: 776: 684: 669: 538: 470: 98: 29: 865: 823: 586: 450: 370: 153: 475: 455: 79: 78:
Rising to over 200 m (660 ft) in elevation, it includes the highest point in the
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Painting of view from Cathkin Braes showing Castlemilk House and stables
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in 2015, although local bodies were supportive of further projects.
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have been constructed in the area. These were used for the 2013
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The vista of the city from its summit was used as the original
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is an area of hills to the south east of the city of
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Glasgow

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Castlemilk
Fernhill
Burnside
Carmunnock
Glasgow City
Radical War
mountain bike trails
British National Mountain Biking Championships
2014 Commonwealth Games
wind turbine
trig point
transmitter station
South Lanarkshire
UK Government
title card
Taggart
"Castlemilk from Cathkin Braes"
"£5m city turbine will be visible around world"
"Scottish councils 'may lose wind farm cash'"
BBC News

Cathkin Braes
CCathkin Braes Country Park

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