Duntocher
Duntocher is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Duntocher is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It has an estimated population of 6,850. The etymology of the name of the village indicates that its name means "the fort on the causeway".
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Worth seeing in and around Duntocher
4 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.
- 01Erskine Bridge
The Erskine Bridge is a multi span cable-stayed box girder bridge spanning the River Clyde in west central Scotland. The bridge connects West Dunbartonshire with Renfrewshire and can be used by all types of motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians.
2.8 km · bridge in Renfrewshire/West Dunbartonshire, Scotland · Wikipedia - 02Clydebank Museum
Clydebank Museum in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland was opened in 1980 in the Clydebank Town Hall, and is operated by West Dunbartonshire Council. The themes of its collection are related to the area's local history, which includes shipbuilding at John Brown & Company and the work of the Scottish Colourists.
2.6 km · maritime museum in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Forth and Cart Canal
The Forth and Cart Canal was a short 1⁄2-mile link canal which provided a short cut between the Forth and Clyde Canal, at Whitecrook, and the River Clyde, opposite the mouth of the River Cart. It was intended to provide a transport link between the town of Paisley, the Firth of Forth and Port Dundas, Glasgow, without having to go via Bowling, some 7 miles downstream on the Clyde.
3 km · canal in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK (1836-1893) · Wikipedia - 04Kilbowie Park
Kilbowie Park, also known as New Kilbowie Park, was a football stadium in Clydebank, Scotland. It was the home ground of Clydebank.
2.4 km · football stadium in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Duntocher
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 6 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 48 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 65 km
- Stations
- Singer railway station, 2 km · Dalmuir railway station, 1.5 km · Kilpatrick railway station, 2.2 km · Clydebank railway station, 2.7 km · Yoker railway station, 3.9 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Duntocher49 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · £6–8
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Duntocher66 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £7–9
- Belfast → Duntocher176 km · quickest by road, 14h 23m · £75–100
- 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 Duntocher
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 Duntocher. 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 Duntocher
Duntocher is 12 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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