Barrhead
Barrhead is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, thirteen kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Fereneze Braes.
Barrhead is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, thirteen kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Fereneze Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.
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Worth seeing in and around Barrhead
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.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley
The Diocese of Paisley is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow, the diocese covers the historic county of Renfrewshire and is 580 km2 in area making it the smallest diocese by area in Scotland.
5.4 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the Scotland · Wikipedia - 02St Mirin's Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Mirin in Paisley, dedicated to Saint Mirin the patron saint of Paisley, is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Paisley and is the seat of the Bishop of Paisley.
5.4 km · church in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Paisley Abbey
Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about 7 miles west of Glasgow, in Scotland. Replacing a church of the 8th century, the abbey church was founded as a Cluniac priory in 1163, with the present Gothic building dating from the 14th and 19th centuries.
5.3 km · church in Paisley, Scotland · Wikipedia - 04Crookston Castle
Crookston Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the Pollok area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located some five miles south-west of the city centre, on a hill overlooking the Levern Water, just before its confluence with the White Cart Water.
4.3 km · ringwork castle in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Pollok House
Pollok House, formerly the family seat of the Stirling-Maxwell family, is located at Pollok Country Park in Glasgow, Scotland.
5.3 km · category A listed building in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Coats Observatory
Coats Observatory is Scotland's oldest public observatory. It is currently closed for refurbishment as part of a 4-year long £42m transformation of the observatory and museum buildings.
5.6 km · astronomical observatory in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway
The Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It covers Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and west Stirlingshire.
5.1 km · one of seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church · Wikipedia - 08Paisley Museum
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries is a museum in Paisley, Scotland. It is currently closed for refurbishment and is due to reopen in 2026 only with the title of Paisley Museum.
5.6 km · museum in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church
Coats Paisley is a reception hall which stands at the west end of the High Street in Paisley, Scotland. The building was the home of Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church, colloquially known as the Baptist Cathedral of Europe, until 2018.
5.6 km · church in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Stanely Castle
Stanely Castle is located in the waters of Stanely Reservoir, to the south of Paisley, Scotland, at the foot of the Gleniffer Braes. It was probably built in the early 15th century, on an island within a marsh.
4.8 km · castle in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Barrhead Centennial Museum
5629 49 St, barrheadcentennialmuseum@gmail.com.
- 02Fort Assiniboine National Historic Site
- 03Klondyke Ferry
The Klondike (Vega) Ferry on the Athabasca River is one of only 7 remaining ferries in the Province of Alberta.
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Things to do
- 01Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park
Fort Assiniboine (50 km NW of Barrhead),.
- 02Thunder Lake Provincial Park
Located on the north-western shore of Thunder Lake, the park features setting for boating, water-skiing, swimming, running, fishing and camping.
- 03Barrhead Golf & Country Club
59213 Range Road 40 (4 km W of Barrhead),.
- 04Paddle River Golf Course & Country Club
9-hole golf course in the town of Barrhead; excellent course for everyone from beginners to advanced golfers.
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Getting to Barrhead
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 8 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 35 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 66 km
- Stations
- Paisley Gilmour Street railway station, 5.6 km · Priesthill & Darnley railway station, 3.1 km · Paisley Canal railway station, 4.8 km · Neilston railway station, 3.1 km · Patterton railway station, 3.6 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Barrhead66 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £7–9
- Belfast → Barrhead165 km · quickest by road, 14h 16m · £70–95
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Barrhead198 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · £23–31
- 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 Barrhead
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 Barrhead. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Glasgow, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Barrhead – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Barrhead
Barrhead is 11 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Paisleytown in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK5.4 km
- Newton Mearnstown in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK4.7 km
- Neilstonvillage in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK2.8 km
- Ralstonhuman settlement in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK5.1 km
- Pollokhousing estate and settlement on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, UK3.5 km
- Ardendistrict of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom3.7 km