Moodiesburn
Moodiesburn is a village in Scotland, located 8 miles northeast of Glasgow, in the North Lanarkshire council area.
Moodiesburn is a village in Scotland, located 8 miles northeast of Glasgow, in the North Lanarkshire council area. It is situated on the north side of the A80 road and between the M73 and M80 motorways which converge nearby. Moodiesburn does not directly adjoin any other settlements, though the contiguous villages of Chryston and Muirhead are located a short distance to the west with Stepps just beyond, while outer parts of Cumbernauld lie to the east; however, its centre is about 5 miles from Moodiesburn.
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Worth seeing in and around Moodiesburn
3 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.
3 km · UK university (2007-) · Wikipedia - 02Auld 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.
3.5 km · cemetery in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Bedlay 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.
1.5 km · castle in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Moodiesburn
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 22 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 45 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 56 km
- Stations
- Gartcosh railway station, 3.7 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Moodiesburn45 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · £5–7
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Moodiesburn57 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · £6–8
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Moodiesburn188 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · £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 Moodiesburn
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 Moodiesburn. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Glasgow, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Moodiesburn – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Moodiesburn
Moodiesburn is 12 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Glenboigvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.8 km
- Gartcoshvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.4 km
- Chrystonvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK2.2 km
- Auchinlochvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Muirheadtown in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK2.4 km
- Twecharvillage in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK4 km