Balornock
Balornock is a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Balornock is a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated outside the city centre, north of the River Clyde, it forms part of the larger area of Springburn.
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Worth seeing in and around Balornock
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.
- 01University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first technological university in the United Kingdom.
3.9 km · university in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Glasgow, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the province of Glasgow, from the 12th century until the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century.
3.6 km · church in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Caledonian University, is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of The Queen's College, Glasgow and Glasgow Polytechnic, founded in 1971).
3.8 km · university in Scotland · Wikipedia - 04Firhill 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 - 05Glasgow Necropolis
The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral in an area bordered by the Townhead and Dennistoun districts to the north east of the modern city centre.
3.5 km · cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Provand's Lordship
Provand's Lordship is a medieval historic house museum in Glasgow, Scotland. It is in the Townhead area, at the top of Castle Street within sight of Glasgow Cathedral and next to the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.
3.7 km · Historic house museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Cathedral Square
Cathedral Square is a public square in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Cathedral Square and precinct is situated adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral on High Street/Castle Street at John Knox Street.
3.6 km · public square in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, adjacent to Glasgow Cathedral · Wikipedia - 08City of Glasgow College
The City of Glasgow College is a further and higher education college in the city of Glasgow. It was founded in 2010 when the Central College, Glasgow Metropolitan College, and the Glasgow College of Nautical Studies merged.
3.9 km · college in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Bishop's Castle
The Bishop's Castle was a medieval castle in the district of Townhead, Glasgow, Scotland. It stood to the west of Glasgow Cathedral, covering much of the present day Cathedral Square.
3.7 km · castle in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art
The St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art is a museum of religion in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the only museum dedicated to religion and art in the British Isles.
3.7 km · Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Balornock
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 14 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 49 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 52 km
- Stations
- Possilpark and Parkhouse railway station, 3.1 km · Duke Street railway station, 3.6 km · Alexandra Parade railway station, 3.1 km · Ashfield railway station, 2.5 km · Springburn railway station, 1.7 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Balornock50 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £5–7
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Balornock54 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £5–7
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Balornock193 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · £22–29
- 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 Balornock
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 Balornock. 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 Balornock
Balornock is 4 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Steppstown in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.5 km
- Springburninner city area in Glasgow, Scotland, UK1.6 km
- Caddervillage in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK3.2 km
- Barmullochdistrict in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK900 m
- Dennistoundistrict of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, UK3.4 km