Bearsden
Bearsden is an affluent town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately six miles from the city centre.
Bearsden is an affluent town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately six miles from the city centre.
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Worth seeing in and around Bearsden
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 Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is a public research university in Glasgow, Scotland.
6 km · university in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, founded in 1451 · Wikipedia - 02Firhill 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.
5.8 km · football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Hamilton Crescent
Hamilton Crescent is a cricket ground in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the home of the West of Scotland Cricket Club. It was previously also used for association football and hosted the first international football match in 1872, between Scotland and England.
5.5 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia - 04Glasgow Botanic Gardens
Glasgow Botanic Gardens is a botanical garden located in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. It features several glasshouses, the most notable of which is the Kibble Palace.
5.1 km · botanical garden in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
The Hunterian is a complex of museums located in and operated by the University of Glasgow in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the oldest museum in Scotland.
6 km · museum in the University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St Luke
St. Luke's Greek Orthodox Cathedral is a cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Dowanhill district of Glasgow, Scotland.
5 km · cathedral in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Mugdock Castle
Mugdock Castle was the stronghold of the Clan Graham from the middle of the 13th century. Its ruins are located in Mugdock Country Park, just west of the village of Mugdock in the parish of Strathblane.
5.1 km · castle with associated chapel and house, all ruins, in Stirling, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Queen's Cross Church
Queen's Cross Church is a former Church of Scotland parish church in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the only church designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh to have been built; hence, it is also known as The Mackintosh Church.
5.8 km · church building in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Fossil Grove
The Fossil Grove is a group of plant fossils located within Victoria Park, Glasgow, Scotland. It was discovered in 1887 and contains the fossilised stumps and the stigmarian system of eleven extinct Lepidodendron lycopsids, which are sometimes described as "giant club mosses" but are more closely related to quillworts.
4.8 km · group of fossils located within Victoria Park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Braehead Arena
The Braehead Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The arena was built in 1996, and is located within the Braehead Complex.
5.2 km · arena in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Lemond Gallery is a commercial art gallery at
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Things to do
- 01Bearsden Ski & Board Club
The Mound, Stockiemuir Rd G61 3RS, info@skibearsden.co.uk.
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Where to eat
Bearsden Cross has a cluster in the block quarter of a mile north of the station, junction of Drymen Road and Roman Road. These include Scallop's Tale, Elements (below), Bearsden Athletic Club, Raja Rani, Massimo and Ashoka. Elements, 19 New Kirk Rd G61 3SJ,. Wed 6-11:45PM, Thu-Sun noon-1:45PM. Great dining for a special occasion. Milngavie Rd by Hillfoot Station has Lucali and Malaga Tapas.
- 01The Tickled Trout
878 Boclair Rd G62 6EP (next to Dobbies Garden Centre),.
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Getting to Bearsden
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 8 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 49 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 60 km
- Stations
- Jordanhill railway station, 4.1 km · Hillhead subway station, 5.5 km · Kelvinhall subway station, 5.8 km · Partick station, 5.7 km · Singer railway station, 4.7 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Bearsden50 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £5–7
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Bearsden61 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · £6–8
- Belfast → Bearsden178 km · quickest by road, 14h 19m · £70–95
- 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 Bearsden
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 Bearsden. 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 Bearsden
Bearsden is 8 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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