Lenzie
Lenzie is a small town, by the Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Dunbartonshire in Scotland.
Lenzie is a small town, by the Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Dunbartonshire in Scotland. It is about 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Glasgow city centre and 1 mile (2 km) south of Kirkintilloch. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 8,873. The ancient barony of Lenzie was held by William de Comyn, Baron of Lenzie and Lord of Cumbernauld in the 12th century.
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Worth seeing in and around Lenzie
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.
- 01University 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.
5.1 km · UK university (2007-) · Wikipedia - 02Luggie 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.
1.9 km · navigable aqueduct north of Glasgow, Scotland · Wikipedia - 03Auld 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 - 04Bedlay 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.
4.1 km · castle in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Springburn Winter Garden
The Springburn Winter Gardens is a former large winter garden located at Springburn Park in the Springburn district of the Scottish city of Glasgow, constructed in 1900.
6 km · winter garden in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06St 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.
600 m · church in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Glasgow Fort
Glasgow Fort is a large out-of-town shopping and leisure park in Glasgow, Scotland, just off Junction 10 of the M8 motorway which runs to the south, surrounded by the residential areas of Provanhall, Garthamlock and Easterhouse. It was opened in 2004 built on land which had been part of Auchinlea Park which still exists to its immediate east.
5.8 km · shopping mall in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Provan Hall
Provan Hall is a historic place composed of two buildings built about the 15th century and situated in Auchinlea Park, Easterhouse, Glasgow. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and leased by Glasgow City Council.
5.9 km · house in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Lenzie 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.
100 m · church building in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10Gadloch
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.
1.2 km · lake in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lenzie
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 18 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 49 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 54 km
- Stations
- Lenzie railway station, 200 m · Stepps railway station, 3.7 km · Bishopbriggs railway station, 5 km · Back O'Loch Halt railway station, 1.2 km · Kirkintilloch railway station, 2 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Lenzie49 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · £6–8
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Lenzie56 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £6–8
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Lenzie192 km · quickest by road, 3h 47m · £22–30
- 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 Lenzie
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 Lenzie. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere's a range of long-stay parks off-site, with transfer minibuses.
- Get in(The airport is in "Local" zone, so the "City" zone fare isn't enough.) McGill's Bus 757 trundles every 30 min to Paisley Gilmour Street railway station, which has very frequent trains to Glasgow Central, and outbound to Gourock (for Dunoon ferry), Wemyss Bay (for Bute ferry), Ardrossan (for Arran ferry) and Ayr.
- Get inThe fare is the same by any route: in 2024 a day trip is £15 and an open return is £20.
- Get inFor a day trip, park up at one of the outlying railway stations, if you can find a space among all the commuter vehicles.
- Get inThe crossing takes 2 hr 30 min, with almost a dozen car ferries a day.
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If you know how people move in Lenzie – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Lenzie
Lenzie is 9 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kirkintillochtown in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK1.4 km
- Bishopbriggstown in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK4.9 km
- Milton of Campsievillage in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK4.6 km
- Torrancevillage in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK4.1 km
- Steppstown in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Gartcoshvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK5.9 km