Kirkintilloch

Worth seeing in and around Kirkintilloch

10 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
   University of the West of Scotland

   The University of the West of Scotland, formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Blantyre, Dumfries and Ayr, as well as a campus in London, England. The present institution dates from August 2007, following the merger of the University of Paisley with Bell College, Hamilton.

   4.6 km · UK university (2007-) · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Luggie Aqueduct

   The Luggie Aqueduct carries the Forth & Clyde Canal over the Luggie Water at Kirkintilloch, to the north of Glasgow. It is a Category A listed building.

   300 m · navigable aqueduct north of Glasgow, Scotland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Auld Aisle Cemetery

   The Auld Aisle Cemetery is located in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The cemetery is protected as a category A listed building, and includes graves dating back to the eighteenth century.

   1.3 km · cemetery in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Bedlay Castle

   Bedlay Castle is a former defensive castle, dating from the late 16th and 17th centuries. It is located between Chryston and Moodiesburn in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

   5.2 km · castle in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Gadloch

   The Gadloch is a fresh water loch in North Lanarkshire, situated near the town of Lenzie, Scotland. To the south of the loch is the small village of Auchinloch.

   2.8 km · lake in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Lenzie Old Parish Church

   Lenzie Old Parish Church is a listed church in the town of Lenzie in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The church, originally a chapel of ease, was completed in 1874.

   1.8 km · church building in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Cyprian's Church, Lenzie

   St Cyprian's Church is an episcopal church in Beech road, Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was built in 1873 by Alexander Ross of Inverness and cost around £2600.

   1.1 km · church in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bar Hill Roman fort

   Bar Hill Fort was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It was built around the year 142 CE. Older maps and documents sometimes spell the name as Barr Hill.

   5.7 km · site of Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in central Scotland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Kirkintilloch Town Hall

   Kirkintilloch Town Hall is a municipal building in Union Street in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is a category B listed building.

   300 m · building in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Adamslie Park

    Adamslie Park was formerly a football ground in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, which was the home ground of Scottish Junior Football Association club Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C. until 2014. It was located on Glasgow Road in the north-west of the town and had a capacity of 5,500 all standing.

    1 km · stadium in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Kirkintilloch Town Hall

   This 1906 building is nowadays mostly an event space, but the first floor Heritage Centre has a small display.

2. 02
   Inchterf Secret Bunker

From Wikivoyage: Kirkintilloch, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Strathkelvin Railway Path runs south to Gartcosh and is suitable for bikes. It doesn't link into other cycleways, but there are plans to turn it into National Cycle Network Route 755 with links to Loch Lomond, the Campsie Fells and along the canal to Edinburgh. Narrowboat cruises occasionally explore the canal. Kirky is a community centre on Union St, and has a cinema.

From Wikivoyage: Kirkintilloch, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   The Stables

   It's by the canal bridge, in former stables for the horses that towed the canal barges.

From Wikivoyage: Kirkintilloch, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Kirkintilloch

Airports

Glasgow (GLA), 19 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 49 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 55 km

Stations

Lenzie railway station, 1.9 km · Stepps railway station, 5.4 km · Bishopbriggs railway station, 5.8 km · Back O'Loch Halt railway station, 500 m · Kirkintilloch railway station, 400 m

• Ingliston, Edinburgh → Kirkintilloch

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £6–7
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Kirkintilloch

  57 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–8
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• Aberdeen → Kirkintilloch

  184 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kirkintilloch

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

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