Paisley

Worth seeing in and around Paisley

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
   St. Mirren Park

   St Mirren Park, also known as The Marbill Coaches Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Paisley, Scotland. It is the home of St Mirren F.C. The stadium is the sixth home of the club and replaced Love Street.

   1.4 km · sports stadium in Paisley, Scotland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley

   The Diocese of Paisley is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Scotland. Erected on 25 May 1947 from the Archdiocese of Glasgow, the diocese covers the historic county of Renfrewshire and is 580 km2 in area making it the smallest diocese by area in Scotland.

   500 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in the Scotland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Mirin's Cathedral

   The Cathedral Church of Saint Mirin in Paisley, dedicated to Saint Mirin the patron saint of Paisley, is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Paisley and is the seat of the Bishop of Paisley.

   500 m · church in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Paisley Abbey

   Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about 7 miles west of Glasgow, in Scotland. Replacing a church of the 8th century, the abbey church was founded as a Cluniac priory in 1163, with the present Gothic building dating from the 14th and 19th centuries.

   200 m · church in Paisley, Scotland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Crookston Castle

   Crookston Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the Pollok area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located some five miles south-west of the city centre, on a hill overlooking the Levern Water, just before its confluence with the White Cart Water.

   4.4 km · ringwork castle in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Coats Observatory

   Coats Observatory is Scotland's oldest public observatory. It is currently closed for refurbishment as part of a 4-year long £42m transformation of the observatory and museum buildings.

   400 m · astronomical observatory in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Braehead Arena

   The Braehead Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The arena was built in 1996, and is located within the Braehead Complex.

   5 km · arena in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church

   Coats Paisley is a reception hall which stands at the west end of the High Street in Paisley, Scotland. The building was the home of Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church, colloquially known as the Baptist Cathedral of Europe, until 2018.

   500 m · church in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Paisley Museum

   Paisley Museum and Art Galleries is a museum in Paisley, Scotland. It is currently closed for refurbishment and is due to reopen in 2026 only with the title of Paisley Museum.

   400 m · museum in Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Johnstone Castle

    Johnstone Castle is a structure and former mansion in the town of Johnstone in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It belonged to the Houstons of Milliken, who acquired the estate of Easter Cochrane in 1773.

    5.6 km · castle in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Paisley

Airports

Glasgow (GLA), 3 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 39 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 67 km

Stations

Glasgow Airport, 3 km · Paisley Gilmour Street railway station, 200 m · Paisley Canal railway station, 600 m · Paisley St James railway station, 1.3 km · Nitshill railway station, 5.5 km

• Ingliston, Edinburgh → Paisley

  68 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £7–9
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• Belfast → Paisley

  167 km · quickest by road, 14h 16m · £70–95
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Paisley

  202 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · £23–31
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