Glassford
Glassford is a small village located 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Hamilton, and 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Strathaven, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Glassford is a small village located 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Hamilton, and 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Strathaven, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It has a population of roughly 500–600 people. Features include the 19th-century Parish Church, and the remains of the 17th-century church, both of which are category B listed buildings. The Avon Water offers fishing and walks. The local No.13 or No 256 bus service comes through the village once every hour.
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Worth seeing in and around Glassford
One place 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.
- 01Strathaven Castle
Strathaven Castle is located in the centre of the small town of Strathaven, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The ruin is closed to the public and has been for 5 years.
3.4 km · castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Glassford
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 32 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 41 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 50 km
- Stations
- Strathaven Central railway station, 3.7 km · Strathaven North railway station, 2.6 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Glassford43 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £4.5–6
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Glassford50 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–8
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Glassford173 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · £20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Glassford
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 Glassford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAyr has the birthplace of Robert Burns in Alloway, and Ardrossan has ferries to the charming Isle of Arran.
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Glassford is 23 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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