Ramblers Association - Monklands Group
Who we are...
Hello, these are the home pages of the Monklands Ramblers Club, one of the largest R.A. clubs
in Scotland, and the first Scottish R.A. club on the Internet! We are based in the Monklands area
of Central Scotland in North Lanarkshire, some 12 miles east of Glasgow. The two major towns in
the area are Airdrie and Coatbridge, and it is from these towns that the majority of our 150+ members
come from. There are also a significant number of members from other areas of Lanarkshire,
in particular, Hamilton and Blantyre.
The club was formed in the summer of 1985 by a few local people who were interested in hill-walking.
At that time the walks were fairly informally organised and people travelled to the walks in
cars. Nowadays we are organised into a proper club with a full elected committee. Our members consist
of people from all walks of life ranging in age from 20 - 75. We run a 53 seater coach or minibus to all of
our walks (which are always covered beforehand by the leaders), we have walks programmes which cover
Scotland and northern England and cater for all levels of fitness, and we occasionally go as
far afield as Austria for special one-off walking holidays. Monklands Ramblers also has a very active social
scene with regular dances, quiz nights and ten-pin bowling outings organised by the committee.
The club has actively and successfully campaigned for rights of way to be maintained and enhanced in the
North Lanarkshire area. We have also become very much a part of the local community with frequent
acknowledgement of our activities in the local press. The club is extremely successful simply because
of the effort and support shown by the members. We consider ourselves a friendly bunch of people
who always have a great time irrespective of the unpredictable Scottish weather! We would also be delighted
to welcome along any new walkers who may be considering joining us - so come on, contact us today!
Email : 
enquiries@monklandsramblers.org.uk
Last updated on 15 August 2004.
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