Light The Way: Majority of park users in Glasgow think lighting is not making a change

Around 75 percent of people who use Kelvingrove, Cranhill and Queens Park at night say improvements to lighting aren't helping them feel safer.

That's despite the Glasgow City Council putting down cat's eye lighting and installing solar powered fixtures last year after pressure from the Light The Way campaign.

Survey results also show the majority of people HAVE noticed the changes but aren't using the parks more often at night.

Our Senior Reporter Callum McQuade visited Kelvingrove Park to ask people about their experiences of using the park over the last 12 months.

One woman said: "You can see a tiny bit in front of you just now, whereas you couldn't before, but it's not enough to make me want to walk through there in the dark.

"Kelvin Way is lit up and I would always walk through there rather than in the park or through Charing Cross."

Another told Clyde 1: "These lights feel like more of a guide of the cement on the pathway for cyclists to go, but it's not safe for people to walk on their own.

"I completely understand why most people don't feel safer here at night because the little lights on the ground haven't changed the perception of how safe it is to walk."

Electric light fixtures, which hadn't been in operation for more than a decade, were also repaired in Cranhill Park last year.

Cranhill Park

Respondents had a mix of opinions on what parks of the parks could do with more lighting and some felt they should be left the way they are.

One answer read: "All alleys need illumination."

Another said: "Solar cat's eyes on one path does nothing to make me feel safer."

A third added: "Lovely idea in principle but a waste of money."

A fourth said: "I think it's good the parks are dark at night (FYI I'm a woman)."

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