Cadder
Cadder is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Cadder is a district of the town of Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located 7 km north of Glasgow city centre, 0.5 km south of the River Kelvin, and approximately 1.5 km north-east of Bishopbriggs town centre, sited on the route of the Forth and Clyde Canal. There is a Glasgow council housing scheme of a similar name, generally pronounced Cawder, in the district of Lambhill some 3 miles (5 km) to the south-west along the Canal, which was built in the early 1950s. Similarly, within Cadder, there is Cawder Golf Club, which also uses that original pronunciation.
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Worth seeing in and around Cadder
7 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.
- 01Springburn 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.
3.5 km · winter garden in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Bardowie Castle
Bardowie Castle is located 2 kilometres east of Milngavie, in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The A-Listed building overlooks Bardowie Loch.
4 km · castle in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Balmuildy Roman fort
Balmuildy is the site of a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It is one of only two forts on the Antonine Wall to have been found with stone ramparts; the other is Castlecary.
3.3 km · Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland · 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 - 05Adamslie Park
Adamslie Park was formerly a football ground in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, which was the home ground of Scottish Junior Football Association club Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C. until 2014. It was located on Glasgow Road in the north-west of the town and had a capacity of 5,500 all standing.
3.6 km · stadium in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Springburn Park
Springburn Park is a park situated in the north of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The 31-hectare park lies about 2+4⁄5 miles north of the city centre, and takes its name from the surrounding Springburn district of the city.
3.5 km · park in Glasgow, Scotland · Wikipedia - 07Huntershill 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.
2.3 km · house in Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Cadder
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 14 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 52 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 53 km
- Stations
- Ashfield railway station, 3.9 km · Bishopbriggs railway station, 1.8 km · Possil railway station, 4 km · Balmore railway station, 2.1 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Cadder49 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £5–7
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Cadder57 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £6–8
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Cadder197 km · quickest by road, 3h 49m · £23–30
- 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 Cadder
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 Cadder. 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 Cadder
Cadder is 7 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bishopbriggstown in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK1.7 km
- Torrancevillage in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK2.4 km
- Auchinairnvillage or suburb in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom2.4 km
- Balornockdistrict in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK3.2 km
- Robroystondistrict in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK3.7 km
- Balmorevillage in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK1.8 km