Jackton
Jackton is a suburban village lying on the western periphery of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, on the B764 Eaglesham Road connecting it to the village of Eaglesham.
Jackton is a suburban village lying on the western periphery of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, on the B764 Eaglesham Road connecting it to the village of Eaglesham. It is also adjacent to Thorntonhall, and the two villages share a newsletter, the Peel News, derived from the name of the road connecting the two. The settlement, as well as an area of surrounding farmland going as far as Lindsayfield was designated as a Community Growth Area for East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire's Local Development Plan 2. The development of new build housing, additional retail locations, and a new primary school are under construction as of July 2025. Jackton lies approximately 150 metres (490 ft) above sea level.
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Worth seeing in and around Jackton
2 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.
- 01National 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.
3.1 km · national museum in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Polnoon 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.
1.9 km · castle in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jackton
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 18 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 35 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 59 km
- Stations
- Thorntonhall railway station, 2 km · Hairmyres railway station, 1.5 km · Busby railway station, 3.5 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Jackton59 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · £6–8
- Belfast → Jackton167 km · quickest by road, 14h 4m · £70–95
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Jackton187 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · £22–29
- 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 Jackton
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 Jackton. 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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If you know how people move in Jackton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Jackton
Jackton is 13 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Eagleshamvillage in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK2.2 km
- Busbyhuman settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK3.5 km
- Waterfootvillage in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK2.9 km
- Thorntonhallvillage in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK2.1 km
- Millhallhuman settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK2.1 km
- Lindsayfieldsuburb of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom2.6 km