Overtoun Park lies in the heart of Rutherglen, an old royal burgh, and was gifted to the people by Lord Overtoun. Lord Overtoun was a controversial man who having gifted this beautiful park also polluted large areas of Rutherglen and Cambuslang with chromium waste. However, Overtoun Park is one of his better institutions.
The park is home to a large bandstand that has travelled quite a bit. It started off at the far end of the park near Mill Street and the Kingspark Hotel, then it moved to the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988, then a brief spell in England and back to Overtoun in its current location. The Queen Victoria fountain can also be found in Overtoun Park. Once, this cast iron fountain featured a bust of the queen but this vanished a while back and is probably a feature in someone’s home now. There is also a very small walled garden to the top of the park. Overtoun has plenty of trees to climb on to recapture youth or for the kids to enjoy.
Close to GZ you can see a concrete post that has been erected by the community wildflower project. This is a team of people who have been introducing small areas of wildflower meadows back into South Lanarkshire as part of a biodiversity banks project.
The cache is easily a grab n’ dash but we highly recommend spending time here meandering through the trees and open grass areas. If you happen to be caching on a rare sunny day bring a picnic as you will not be disappointed.