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Glenboig

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Worth seeing in and around Glenboig

5 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.

  1. 01
    Bedlay Castle

    Castle in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

    3.2 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life

    Industrial and social history museum in Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom

    3.2 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Coatbridge College

    College building

    3.8 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Coatbridge Library

    Public library in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

    3.6 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Drumpellier country park

    Country park near Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

    3.4 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Glenboig

Airports
Glasgow (GLA), 24 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 42 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 55 km
Stations
Coatbridge Sunnyside railway station, 3.2 km · Coatbridge Central railway station, 3.6 km · Blairhill railway station, 3.1 km · Gartcosh railway station, 2.3 km
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Glenboig
    43 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · £5–7
    GuideToday
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Glenboig
    56 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £6–9
    GuideToday
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Glenboig
    184 km · quickest by road, 3h 38m · £22–29
    GuideToday
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Glenboig

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 Glenboig. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Central Belt, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2024-10.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    77 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    85 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    111 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    176 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    185 km

If you know how people move in Glenboig – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Glenboig

Glenboig is 14 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Coatbridgetown in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.7 km
  • Gartcoshvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK2.3 km
  • Chrystonvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.4 km
  • Moodiesburnvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK2.8 km
  • Glenmavisvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.1 km
  • Muirheadtown in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.8 km
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