Coatbridge
Coatbridge is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 8+1⁄2 miles east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands.
Coatbridge is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 8+1⁄2 miles east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. It had a population of 42,264 in 2022. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, Coatbridge forms the area known as the Monklands, often considered to be part of the Greater Glasgow urban area – although officially they have not been included in population figures since 2016 due to small gaps between the Monklands and Glasgow built-up areas.
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Worth seeing in and around Coatbridge
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.
- 01Excelsior Stadium
The Excelsior Stadium, officially The Albert Bartlett Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Airdrieonians of the Scottish Professional Football League.
4.2 km · football stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Monkland Canal
The Monkland Canal was a 12+1⁄4-mile-long canal designed to bring coal from the mining areas of Monklands to Glasgow in Scotland. In the course of a long and difficult construction process, it was opened progressively as short sections were completed, from 1771.
4.1 km · canal in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Cliftonhill
Cliftonhill Stadium, commonly known as Cliftonhill and currently 'The Reigart Stadium' for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of former Scottish Professional Football League team Albion Rovers F.C., who have played at the ground since 1919.
1 km · stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Airdrie Public Observatory
Airdrie Observatory is a fully operational, historic public astronomical observatory, which is part of the library building in the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. There are only four public observatories operating in the United Kingdom, all of which are in Scotland.
2.8 km · Astronomical observatory in Airdrie, Scotland · Wikipedia - 05Broomfield Park
Broomfield Park was a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, home of Airdrieonians from 1892 until it was closed after the 1993–94 football season.It was just 67 yards wide, and was built in a natural hollow. The record attendance at Broomfield Park was 24,000, in a Scottish Cup quarter-final match against Hearts on 8 March 1952.
3 km · stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Glasgow Zoo
Glasgow Zoo, or Calderpark Zoo, was a 99-acre zoological park in Baillieston, Glasgow, Scotland. The zoo was established in 1947 by the Zoological Society of Glasgow and West of Scotland, which was itself established in 1936.
5.7 km · zoo in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Airdrie Library
Airdrie Library is a public library in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The library has been housed in a number of buildings since its founding.
2.8 km · public library and observatory in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life is an industrial and social history museum in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated on the site of the Victorian Summerlee Iron Works and the former Hydrocon Crane factory.
500 m · industrial and social history museum in Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09County Buildings, Airdrie
County Buildings was a judicial building on Bank Street in Airdrie in Scotland. The building, which was the venue for hearings of the Airdrie Sheriff Court, was demolished in 1969.
2.9 km · Judicial building in Scotland · Wikipedia - 10Sir John Wilson Town Hall, Stirling Street, Airdrie
Airdie Town Hall, also known as the Sir John Wilson Town Hall, is an events venue in Stirling Street, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building.
2.7 km · city hall in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
St Augustine's is the RC church, a stocky redbrick structure of 1873 on Dundyvan Rd half a mile west of Central Station.
- 01Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life
Heritage Way, Coatbridge ML5 1QD (half mile north of Central railway station),.
- 02Drumpellier Country Park
Large park around two natural lochs - these are "kettle ponds" where lumps of glaciation depressed the surface.
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Things to do
Time Capsule Waterpark, 100 Buchanan St, Coatbridge ML5 1DL (200 yards southwest of Central Station),. Waterpark Mon-Fri 4-8PM, Sat Sun 10AM-8PM. Activity complex with a waterpark, ice rink and gym. Ride the flumes and waterslides, catch a wave in the wave pool or work on your strokes in the 25 m pool: see website for age / height restrictions.
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Where to eat
Shimla Cottage, 109 Sunnyside Rd, Coatbridge ML5 3HR (next to Sunnyside Station),. Mon-Thu 4-10PM, Fri Sat 1-10PM, Sun 2-10PM. Decent Indian, quality okay for what you're paying.
- 01Crown Jewel
Large selection of Indian dishes, good-enough reviews.
- 02The Mint
Small menu with burgers, traditional favourites (steak pie, fish & chips) and Italian dishes.
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Getting to Coatbridge
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 25 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 42 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 53 km
- Stations
- Airdrie railway station, 2.8 km · Kirkwood railway station, 1.6 km · Uddingston railway station, 5.7 km · Easterhouse railway station, 5 km · Drumgelloch railway station, 4.8 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Coatbridge42 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £4.5–6
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Coatbridge55 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £6–8
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Coatbridge181 km · quickest by road, 3h 35m · £21–28
- 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 Coatbridge
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 Coatbridge. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe West Highland Line connects Glasgow with Oban (for ferries to Mull, Coll, Tiree and Colonsay), Fort William and Mallaig (for ferries to Skye and South Uist).
- Get inThe other Hebrides ferry ports are linked by bus.
- Get inA77 runs from Stranraer (for Northern Ireland ferries) via Ayr and Kilmarnock to Glasgow.
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Coatbridge is 14 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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