Drumchapel
Drumchapel, known locally as 'The Drum', is a district in the north-west of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Drumchapel, known locally as 'The Drum', is a district in the north-west of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It borders Bearsden to the north-east and Drumry to the south-west, as well as Blairdardie, Garscadden, Knightswood and Yoker in Glasgow to the south; land to the north is undeveloped and includes the course of the Roman-era Antonine Wall. The name derives from the Gaelic meaning 'the ridge of the horse'.
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Worth seeing in and around Drumchapel
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.
- 01Braehead 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.
3.2 km · arena in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Fossil 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.
3.4 km · group of fossils located within Victoria Park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Anniesland Court
Anniesland Court is a 22-storey residential tower block in the Anniesland area of Glasgow, Scotland, designed by J Holmes & Partners and completed in 1968. It is the tallest listed building in Scotland, and is remarkably similar to Ernő Goldfinger's later and more famous Trellick Tower in London.
2.7 km · skyscraper in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Dawsholm Park
Dawsholm Park is a public park in Glasgow, Scotland, adjoining the Kelvindale, Maryhill and Temple areas of the city, and southern parts of the town of Bearsden. It is situated on the River Kelvin, north of the River Clyde.
3.4 km · park in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Kelvin Aqueduct
The Kelvin Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct in Glasgow, Scotland, which carries the Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin.
3.9 km · aqueduct in Glasgow, Scotland · Wikipedia - 06Q18618976
The Renfrew Bridge is a road and pedestrian bridge spanning the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire, built as part of the ongoing Clyde Waterfront Regeneration. Opened to the public on 9 May 2025, it is the first new crossing point on the Clyde since the Govan–Partick Bridge was built in 2024.
2.7 km · bridge in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Renfrew Castle
Renfrew Castle was situated at the royal burgh of Renfrew, Scotland, which is near the confluence of the River Clyde and the River Cart. The original 12th-century castle was built by Walter fitz Alan, upon a river islet known as the King's Inch.
3.1 km · castle in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Broomhill Church, 64-66 Randolph Road, Broomhill, Glasgow
Broomhill Parish Church, nowadays known as Broomhill Hyndland Parish Church, is a 20th-century church building located in the Broomhill area of Glasgow, Scotland.
3.9 km · church building in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Knightswood St Margaret's Parish Church
Knightswood St. Margaret's Parish Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, previously serving part of the Knightswood area of Glasgow, Scotland.
1.6 km · church in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Victoria Park
Victoria Park is a 20-hectare park located in the west of Glasgow, Scotland, adjacent to the districts of Scotstoun, Whiteinch, Jordanhill and Broomhill. The park was created and named for Queen Victoria's jubilee in 1887.
3.6 km · 1886-7 park in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Drumchapel
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 6 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 47 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 62 km
- Stations
- Jordanhill railway station, 3.4 km · Singer railway station, 2.8 km · Maryhill railway station, 3.8 km · Anniesland railway station, 3 km · Scotstounhill railway station, 2.3 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Drumchapel48 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £5–7
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Drumchapel63 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £7–9
- Belfast → Drumchapel176 km · quickest by road, 14h 20m · £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 Drumchapel
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 Drumchapel. 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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Next door to Drumchapel
Drumchapel is 8 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Clydebanktown in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK2.5 km
- Bearsdentown in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK2.4 km
- Scotstounhistoric district of Glasgow, Scotland, UK3.1 km
- Annieslanddistrict in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK2.5 km
- Jordanhilldistrict in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK2.7 km
- Clydebank Blitz1941 WWII aerial bombardment of city in Scotland2.5 km