Qualla: Calderglen Country Park https://qualla.com/calderglen-country-park en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Calderglen Country Park https://qualla.com/calderglen-country-park Calderglen Country Park: Introduction https://qualla.com/calderglen-country-park/ There is a stone statue of Sir John Falstaff in the gardens of Calderglen Country Park, and nobody is quite sure why. It was carved for Castlemilk House in Glasgow, an estate that the Stuart family owned for centuries alongside the Torrance estate here on the eastern edge of East Kilbride. When Castlemilk was demolished in the 1960s, Shakespeare's fat knight was relocated to Torrance House, where he now stands - chilling, slightly weather-stained, slightly out of place - in the ornamental garden. He is the strangest of many things you will find in this gorge.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/j/calderglen-country-park-wp/gcvj-calderglen-country-park-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Calderglen Country Park: Two Estates and a River https://qualla.com/calderglen-country-park/ Calderglen Country Park is built around the gorges cut by the Rotten Calder Water, the river that bounds East Kilbride's eastern flank before flowing north to join the Clyde. The park combines what was once two adjoining estates - Calderwood to the north, Torrance to the south - ...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/j/calderglen-country-park-wp/gcvj-calderglen-country-park-two-estates-and-a-river.mp3 0:06 2 full Calderglen Country Park: Carboniferous Stories Underfoot https://qualla.com/calderglen-country-park/ The northern part of the park is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, designated for its carboniferous geology. The Rotten Calder has cut through the layered sediments that record the long ago tropical river deltas and shallow seas of the Carboniferous period - the same beds th...

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/j/calderglen-country-park-wp/gcvj-calderglen-country-park-carboniferous-stories-underfoot.mp3 0:06 3 full Calderglen Country Park: Meerkats, Owls and Children https://qualla.com/calderglen-country-park/ Calderglen has a small zoo - small enough that its meerkats and prairie dogs have appeared in Daily Record human-interest stories about new arrivals. Outdoors you can find owls; indoors, a tropical glasshouse contains reptiles and fish. There is a modern outdoor playground, a tre...

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