Mount Florida
Mount Florida is an area in the south-east of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Mount Florida is an area in the south-east of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Worth seeing in and around Mount Florida
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.
- 01Hampden Park
Hampden Park, currently known as Barclays Hampden for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football team.
500 m · association football stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Andrew's Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew or Glasgow Metropolitan Cathedral is a Latin Catholic cathedral in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow.
3.7 km · Catholic cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Burrell Collection
The Burrell Collection is a museum in Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. It houses the art collection of Sir William Burrell and Constance, Lady Burrell.
3.3 km · art museum in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Glasgow Green
Glasgow Green is a park in the east end of Glasgow, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde. Established in the 15th century, it is the oldest park in the city.
3.3 km · park in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Glasgow Central Mosque
The Glasgow Central Mosque is a Sunni Deobandi mosque, located on the south bank of the River Clyde in the Gorbals district of central Glasgow, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. The Islamic Centre is the central institution for the local Muslim community, and is the largest community centre in Strathclyde.
3.4 km · mosque in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Pollok House
Pollok House, formerly the family seat of the Stirling-Maxwell family, is located at Pollok Country Park in Glasgow, Scotland.
3.9 km · category A listed building in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Cathkin Park
Cathkin Park is a municipal park in Glasgow, Scotland. The park is maintained by the city's parks department, and it is a public place where football is still played.
900 m · municipal park in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Britannia Music Hall
The Britannia Music Hall in Trongate, Glasgow, Scotland is one of the oldest remaining music halls in Britain. It is located above an amusement arcade, at 113–117 Trongate.
3.9 km · theatre in Glasgow, Scotland · Wikipedia - 09Queen's Park, Glasgow
Queen's Park is a park situated on the south side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, between Strathbungo, Shawlands, Battlefield, Mount Florida, and Crosshill.
1.1 km · park in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 10People's Palace
The People's Palace and Winter Gardens in Glasgow, Scotland, is a museum and glasshouse situated in Glasgow Green, and was opened on 22 January 1898 by The 5th Earl of Rosebery.
3.4 km · Museum and glasshouse in Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mount Florida
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 12 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 41 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 57 km
- Stations
- St Enoch subway station, 3.9 km · Rutherglen railway station, 2.9 km · Bridgeton railway station, 3.5 km · Bridge Street subway station, 3.3 km · Argyle Street railway station, 3.9 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Mount Florida43 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £4.5–6
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Mount Florida58 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £6–8
- Belfast → Mount Florida173 km · quickest by road, 14h 1m · £70–95
- 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 Mount Florida
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 Mount Florida. 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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Next door to Mount Florida
Mount Florida is 5 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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