Auchinairn
Auchinairn is a suburb within East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and shares its southern boundary with the Robroyston and Balornock districts within the Glasgow City council area.
Auchinairn is a suburb within East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and shares its southern boundary with the Robroyston and Balornock districts within the Glasgow City council area.
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Worth seeing in and around Auchinairn
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Firhill Stadium
Firhill Stadium, also known as the WrightKerr Stadium at Firhill for sponsorship reasons, is a football and former rugby union, rugby league and greyhound racing stadium located in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland which has been the home of Partick Thistle since 1909. Past ground-sharing agreements have seen Firhill act as a temporary home for three other football clubs: Clyde, Hamilton Academical and Queen's Park.
4 km · football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Petershill Park
Petershill Park is a leisure centre and football stadium located in the Springburn suburb of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. It has a third generation full-size outdoor football pitch, and has floodlights.
2.5 km · stadium in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Springburn Winter Garden
The Springburn Winter Gardens is a former large winter garden located at Springburn Park in the Springburn district of the Scottish city of Glasgow, constructed in 1900.
1.3 km · winter garden in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Gadloch
The Gadloch is a fresh water loch in North Lanarkshire, situated near the town of Lenzie, Scotland. To the south of the loch is the small village of Auchinloch.
3.6 km · lake in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Alexandra Park, Glasgow
Alexandra Park is a public park in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located in Dennistoun, 2 miles east of the city centre.
3.7 km · urban park in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Saracen Fountain, Alexandra Park, Alexandra Parade, Glasgow
The Saracen Fountain is a large, ornate fountain located in Alexandra Park, Glasgow, Scotland. It was made of cast iron by Macfarlane & Co.'s Saracen Foundry for the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition and presented to the city as a gift by foundry owner Walter Macfarlane.
3.8 km · fountain in Alexandra Park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Sighthill Cemetery
Sighthill Cemetery is an active cemetery in central Glasgow, Scotland dating from 1840. It has an operational crematorium.
2.8 km · cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Springburn Public Halls
Springburn Public Halls was a public events venue on Millarbank Street in Springburn, part of Glasgow, Scotland. The building, which was derelict for three decades before being demolished in 2012, was a Category B listed building.
2.4 km · municipal building in Scotland · Wikipedia - 09Hyde Park
Hyde Park was a football ground in the Springburn area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the home ground of Northern for most of its existence.
2.3 km · park in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Huntershill House
Huntershill House is a classic example of an 18th-century Laird's house, built c.1769-1781, designed by an unknown architect. The lands of Huntershill were formerly part of the lands of Auchinairn owned by James Lyle; "his circumstances having become embarrassed his Lands of Auchinairn were sold by his Creditors by Public Roup in several lots" on the 15th day of October 1748.
800 m · house in Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Auchinairn
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 14 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 50 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 53 km
- Stations
- Possilpark and Parkhouse railway station, 2.9 km · Alexandra Parade railway station, 3.9 km · Ashfield railway station, 2.4 km · Springburn railway station, 2.1 km · Bishopbriggs railway station, 900 m
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Auchinairn51 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £5–7
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Auchinairn53 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £6–8
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Auchinairn194 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · £22–30
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Auchinairn
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Auchinairn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere's a range of long-stay parks off-site, with transfer minibuses.
- Get in(The airport is in "Local" zone, so the "City" zone fare isn't enough.) McGill's Bus 757 trundles every 30 min to Paisley Gilmour Street railway station, which has very frequent trains to Glasgow Central, and outbound to Gourock (for Dunoon ferry), Wemyss Bay (for Bute ferry), Ardrossan (for Arran ferry) and Ayr.
- Get inThe fare is the same by any route: in 2024 a day trip is £15 and an open return is £20.
- Get inFor a day trip, park up at one of the outlying railway stations, if you can find a space among all the commuter vehicles.
- Get inThe crossing takes 2 hr 30 min, with almost a dozen car ferries a day.
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Next door to Auchinairn
Auchinairn is 5 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bishopbriggstown in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK1 km
- Steppstown in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.9 km
- Springburninner city area in Glasgow, Scotland, UK1.9 km
- Caddervillage in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK2.4 km
- Balornockdistrict in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK900 m
- Barmullochdistrict in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK1.7 km