Milngavie

Worth seeing in and around Milngavie

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
   Mugdock Castle

   Mugdock Castle was the stronghold of the Clan Graham from the middle of the 13th century. Its ruins are located in Mugdock Country Park, just west of the village of Mugdock in the parish of Strathblane.

   2.7 km · castle with associated chapel and house, all ruins, in Stirling, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Anniesland Court

   Anniesland Court is a 22-storey residential tower block in the Anniesland area of Glasgow, Scotland, designed by J Holmes & Partners and completed in 1968. It is the tallest listed building in Scotland, and is remarkably similar to Ernő Goldfinger's later and more famous Trellick Tower in London.

   5.7 km · skyscraper in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Dawsholm Park

   Dawsholm Park is a public park in Glasgow, Scotland, adjoining the Kelvindale, Maryhill and Temple areas of the city, and southern parts of the town of Bearsden. It is situated on the River Kelvin, north of the River Clyde.

   4.8 km · park in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Kelvin Aqueduct

   The Kelvin Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct in Glasgow, Scotland, which carries the Forth and Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin.

   5.6 km · aqueduct in Glasgow, Scotland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Balmuildy Roman fort

   Balmuildy is the site of a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It is one of only two forts on the Antonine Wall to have been found with stone ramparts; the other is Castlecary.

   3.8 km · Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Craigend Castle

   Craigend Castle is a ruined country house, located to the north of Milngavie, in Stirlingshire, central Scotland.

   3.3 km · mansion, now ruinous, in Stirling, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Bardowie Castle

   Bardowie Castle is located 2 kilometres east of Milngavie, in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The A-Listed building overlooks Bardowie Loch.

   2.4 km · castle in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Murray Park

   The Rangers Training Centre is the training ground of Rangers F.C. located in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was opened in 2001 and originally named Murray Park after the then Rangers owner David Murray.

   1.1 km · stadium in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Paul’s Church

   St Paul's Church, often styled as St Paul's Milngavie, is a parish church of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in the Scottish town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow. The church holds morning services every Sunday, in addition to a monthly evening service, which are livestreamed online.

   200 m · 1905/6 church building in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Knightswood St Margaret's Parish Church

    Knightswood St. Margaret's Parish Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, previously serving part of the Knightswood area of Glasgow, Scotland.

    5.5 km · church in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Lennox Castle

   It was completed in 1841 as a plush residence, but in 1936 it became a hospital for people with learning difficulties.

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

Things to do

Football: Glasgow Rangers women's team play at the Rangers training ground, south of town along A807 Auchenhowie Rd. They play in the Scottish Women's Premier League, their top tier. Celtic have a training facility at Lennoxtown but their women play in Hamilton. Rugby: West of Scotland FC call themselves simply a "football club" because when they were founded in 1865, the separation of codes was not complete.

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Where to eat

Classic India, 5 Douglas St G62 6PA,. Daily 4:30-10PM. Good reviews for this trad Indian restaurant 100 yards west of the railway station. Others near the railway station include Garvie & Co and Chinese and fish & chips takeaways. Andiamo is a block east.

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Getting to Milngavie

Airports

Glasgow (GLA), 11 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 52 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 59 km

Stations

Maryhill railway station, 5 km · Milngavie railway station, 100 m · Hillfoot railway station, 2.5 km · Kelvindale railway station, 5.4 km · Anniesland railway station, 5.8 km

• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Milngavie

  52 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £6–8
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• Ingliston, Edinburgh → Milngavie

  60 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £7–9
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• Belfast → Milngavie

  181 km · quickest by road, 14h 20m · £70–95
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