Robroyston
Robroyston is a sprawling suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, located around three miles northeast of the city centre.
Robroyston is a sprawling suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, located around three miles northeast of the city centre.
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Worth seeing in and around Robroyston
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.
- 01Petershill Park
Petershill Park is a leisure centre and football stadium located in the Springburn suburb of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. It has a third generation full-size outdoor football pitch, and has floodlights.
3.6 km · stadium in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Springburn Winter Garden
The Springburn Winter Gardens is a former large winter garden located at Springburn Park in the Springburn district of the Scottish city of Glasgow, constructed in 1900.
2.9 km · winter garden in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Lenzie Old Parish Church
Lenzie Old Parish Church is a listed church in the town of Lenzie in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The church, originally a chapel of ease, was completed in 1874.
3.5 km · church building in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 04Glasgow Fort
Glasgow Fort is a large out-of-town shopping and leisure park in Glasgow, Scotland, just off Junction 10 of the M8 motorway which runs to the south, surrounded by the residential areas of Provanhall, Garthamlock and Easterhouse. It was opened in 2004 built on land which had been part of Auchinlea Park which still exists to its immediate east.
3.8 km · shopping mall in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 05Saracen Fountain, Alexandra Park, Alexandra Parade, Glasgow
The Saracen Fountain is a large, ornate fountain located in Alexandra Park, Glasgow, Scotland. It was made of cast iron by Macfarlane & Co.'s Saracen Foundry for the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition and presented to the city as a gift by foundry owner Walter Macfarlane.
3.8 km · fountain in Alexandra Park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 06Alexandra Park, Glasgow
Alexandra Park is a public park in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located in Dennistoun, 2 miles east of the city centre.
3.5 km · urban park in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 07Gadloch
The Gadloch is a fresh water loch in North Lanarkshire, situated near the town of Lenzie, Scotland. To the south of the loch is the small village of Auchinloch.
2.4 km · lake in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 08Sighthill Cemetery
Sighthill Cemetery is an active cemetery in central Glasgow, Scotland dating from 1840. It has an operational crematorium.
3.9 km · cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 09Springburn Public Halls
Springburn Public Halls was a public events venue on Millarbank Street in Springburn, part of Glasgow, Scotland. The building, which was derelict for three decades before being demolished in 2012, was a Category B listed building.
3.7 km · municipal building in Scotland · Wikipedia - 10Hyde Park
Hyde Park was a football ground in the Springburn area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was the home ground of Northern for most of its existence.
3.5 km · park in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Robroyston
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 16 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 50 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 51 km
- Stations
- Lenzie railway station, 3.4 km · Stepps railway station, 2.6 km · Alexandra Parade railway station, 3.9 km · Springburn railway station, 3.4 km · Bishopbriggs railway station, 2.9 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Robroyston51 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £5–7
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Robroyston52 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · £5–7
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Robroyston192 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · £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 Robroyston
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 Robroyston. 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.
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If you know how people move in Robroyston – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Robroyston
Robroyston is 6 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bishopbriggstown in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK2.9 km
- Steppstown in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK1.9 km
- Auchinlochvillage in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK3 km
- Lenzietown in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK3.6 km
- Springburninner city area in Glasgow, Scotland, UK3.2 km
- Caddervillage in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK3.7 km