The path surfaces make cycling relatively easy. The Network includes the five-mile long circular South Airdrie Cycle Route. The route is in a loop that can be joined at different points. It includes a section between Sikeside and Cairnhill along National Cycle Route 75 and shares part of the North Calder Heritage Trail between Brownsburn and Calderbank in the south. Parts of the Network have steep gradients, whilst gentler gradients are found along the Monkland Canal and between Calderbank Road and Cairnhill Road.
 

Things to do in Airdrie
 

Airdrie also has one of only four operational observatories in the UK. Caldercruix Country Park is also located in Airdrie and is a fantastic family day out, with plenty to do offer.

Airdrie is also host to angling clubs, and you could always stop for a spot of relaxing fishing, or why not try one Airdrie's may restaurants, such as DiMaggio's, or the smaller Italian restaurant Trattoria Guidi.