Events will be held in three city parks to discuss whether lighting should be installed to make the parks safer at night.

Calls for paths in parks to be lit after dark were made after road closures during COP 26 in November last year, to allow politicians and royalty to attend a dinner at Kelvingrove Art Gallery, meant people were redirected by police through Kelvingrove Park.

Many women walking home said they felt unsafe, prompting a campaign for parks to be lit and a protest took place in Kelvingrove Park to raise the issue.

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The council has said there are other considerations like wildlife and biodiversity to be taken into account before any decision can be reached.

It has been proposed that events take place in the evening in Kelvingrove Park, Queens Park and Cranhill Park

The council will invite groups representing people affected by violence against women, other equalities groups, biodiversity groups and research organisations to attend together with lighting experts, Police Scotland, councillors and other local people, businesses and organisations.

A council report sates that a previous safety initiative in Glasgow Green involving lighting an CCTV “successfully reduced actual crime figures”.

However it also stated: “Studies note the negative effect on biodiversity that urban lighting can have, specifically on nocturnal species such as bats, owls, and moths, with its impact on invertebrates generally having impacts on other species further up the food chain.”

The council said in a previous statement : “It is crucial that we fully understand the potential for unintended consequences by changing lighting patterns in these natural spaces.”