Newton Mearns
Newton Mearns is a town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Newton Mearns is a town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Glasgow City Centre on historically the main road to Ayrshire, 410 feet (125 m) above sea level. It has a population of approximately 26,993, stretching from Whitecraigs and Kirkhill in the north-east to Maidenhill in the south-east, to Westacres and Greenlaw in the west and Capelrig/Patterton in the north-west.
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Getting to Newton Mearns
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 13 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 34 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 63 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Newton Mearns64 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £7–9
- Belfast → Newton Mearns165 km · quickest by road, 14h 13m · £70–95
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Newton Mearns193 km · quickest by road, 3h 52m · £23–30
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No local-transport research exists yet for Newton Mearns
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 Newton Mearns. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextAyr has the birthplace of Robert Burns in Alloway, and Ardrossan has ferries to the charming Isle of Arran.
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Next door to Newton Mearns
Newton Mearns is 11 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.