Barmulloch
Barmulloch is a suburban area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Barmulloch is a suburban area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Formerly rural, it was developed as a post war overspill housing area, largely featuring prefabricated housing. Barmulloch shared the Red Road complex of multi-storey flats with the neighbouring district of Balornock prior to their demolition.
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Worth seeing in and around Barmulloch
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.
- 01Celtic Park
Celtic Park is a football stadium and the home of Scottish Premiership team Celtic, in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, Scotland. With a capacity of 60,411, it is the largest football stadium in Scotland, and the eighth-largest football stadium in the United Kingdom.
3.8 km · football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02University 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.
3.3 km · university in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Glasgow 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.
2.9 km · church in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Glasgow 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).
3.3 km · university in Scotland · Wikipedia - 05Firhill 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 - 06Gallery of Modern Art
The Gallery of Modern Art is the main gallery of contemporary art in Glasgow, Scotland. GoMA offers a programme of temporary exhibitions and workshops.
3.9 km · Art museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington
The equestrian statue of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, is located outside the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow in Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's most iconic landmarks.
3.9 km · statue by Carlo Marochetti in Glasgow, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08George Square
George Square is the principal civic square in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of six squares in the city centre, the others being Cathedral Square, St Andrew's Square, St Enoch Square, Royal Exchange Square, and Blythswood Square on Blythswood Hill.
3.7 km · square in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Glasgow City Chambers
The City Chambers or Municipal Buildings in Glasgow, Scotland, has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of municipal government in the city since 1889. It is located on the eastern side of the city's George Square.
3.7 km · City hall of Glasgow · Wikipedia - 10Britannia Music Hall
The Britannia Music Hall in Trongate, Glasgow, Scotland is one of the oldest remaining music halls in Britain. It is located above an amusement arcade, at 113–117 Trongate.
3.9 km · theatre in Glasgow, Scotland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barmulloch
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 14 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 48 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 52 km
- Stations
- Glasgow Queen Street railway station, 3.7 km · Buchanan Street subway station, 3.8 km · Bellgrove railway station, 3.2 km · Cowcaddens subway station, 3.8 km · High Street railway station, 3.4 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Barmulloch50 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £5–7
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Barmulloch53 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · £5–7
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Barmulloch192 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · £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 Barmulloch
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 Barmulloch. 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 Barmulloch
Barmulloch is 4 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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