Elderslie
Elderslie is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in west central Scotland.
Elderslie is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in west central Scotland. It chiefly serves as a commuter village, situated midway between the towns of Paisley and Johnstone, and lies 11 miles (18 km) west of Glasgow city centre.
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Worth seeing in and around Elderslie
8 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.
- 01St. Mirren Park
St Mirren Park, also known as The Marbill Coaches Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Paisley, Scotland. It is the home of St Mirren F.C. The stadium is the sixth home of the club and replaced Love Street.
3.4 km · sports stadium in Paisley, Scotland · Wikipedia - 02Coats Observatory
Coats Observatory is Scotland's oldest public observatory. It is currently closed for refurbishment as part of a 4-year long £42m transformation of the observatory and museum buildings.
3.7 km · astronomical observatory in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Johnstone Castle
Johnstone Castle is a structure and former mansion in the town of Johnstone in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It belonged to the Houstons of Milliken, who acquired the estate of Easter Cochrane in 1773.
1.5 km · castle in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Paisley Museum
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries is a museum in Paisley, Scotland. It is currently closed for refurbishment and is due to reopen in 2026 only with the title of Paisley Museum.
3.7 km · museum in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church
Coats Paisley is a reception hall which stands at the west end of the High Street in Paisley, Scotland. The building was the home of Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church, colloquially known as the Baptist Cathedral of Europe, until 2018.
3.6 km · church in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Stanely Castle
Stanely Castle is located in the waters of Stanely Reservoir, to the south of Paisley, Scotland, at the foot of the Gleniffer Braes. It was probably built in the early 15th century, on an island within a marsh.
2 km · castle in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Gleniffer Braes
Gleniffer Braes is a short range of hills and parkland to the south of Paisley, Scotland, which form the boundary of Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire.
1.9 km · hills and park in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Newfield Park, Johnstone
Newfield Park was a football ground in Johnstone, Scotland. It was the home ground of Johnstone F.C. from 1894 until the club folded in 1927.
2.3 km · football ground in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Elderslie
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 6 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 37 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 71 km
- Stations
- Milliken Park railway station, 3.2 km · Paisley Canal railway station, 4 km · Johnstone railway station, 1.3 km · Paisley St James railway station, 3.5 km · Paisley West railway station, 2.9 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Elderslie71 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · £7–10
- Belfast → Elderslie165 km · quickest by road, 14h 20m · £75–95
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Elderslie205 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · £24–31
- 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 Elderslie
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 Elderslie. 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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If you know how people move in Elderslie – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Elderslie
Elderslie is 15 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Johnstonetown in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK1 km
- Linwoodsmall town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK2.1 km
- Brookfieldvillage in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Ferguslie Parksuburb of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK2.7 km
- Foxbarhuman settlement Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK, south-west of Paisley1.7 km
- Glenburnsuburb of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK3.3 km