Hairmyres

Worth seeing in and around Hairmyres

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
   National Museum of Rural Life

   The National Museum of Rural Life, previously known as the Museum of Scottish Country Life, is based at Wester Kittochside farm, lying between East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire and Carmunnock in Glasgow. It is run by National Museums Scotland.

   2.1 km · national museum in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Bride's Church, East Kilbride

   St Bride's Roman Catholic Church is located in East Kilbride in Scotland. It was designed by the architects Gillespie, Kidd and Coia and built between 1959 and 1964.

   3.8 km · church in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Polnoon Castle

   Polnoon Castle was a 14th-century fortification located on a motte beside the Polnoon Water in Millhall, in the Parish of Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire, Scotland.

   3 km · castle in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Mains Castle

   Mains Castle is a rectangular tower house dating from the fifteenth century, situated near East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building.

   3.4 km · castle in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   East Kilbride Civic Centre

   East Kilbride Civic Centre is a municipal building in Cornwall Street, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The structure was the headquarters of East Kilbride District Council.

   3.4 km · municipal Building in Scotland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hairmyres

Airports

Glasgow (GLA), 18 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 36 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 58 km

Stations

Thorntonhall railway station, 1.9 km · Busby railway station, 3.4 km · East Kilbride railway station, 3.1 km · Hairmyres railway station, 500 m

• Ingliston, Edinburgh → Hairmyres

  58 km · quickest by road, 1h 16m · £6–8
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• Belfast → Hairmyres

  168 km · quickest by road, 14h 2m · £70–95
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Hairmyres

  187 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · £22–29
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hairmyres

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

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