Strathblane
Strathblane is a village and parish in the registration county of Stirling, situated in the southwestern part of the Stirling council area, in central Scotland.
Strathblane is a village and parish in the registration county of Stirling, situated in the southwestern part of the Stirling council area, in central Scotland. It lies at the foothills of the Campsie Fells and the Kilpatrick Hills on the Blane Water, 12 miles (19 km) north of Glasgow, 14 miles (23 km) east-southeast of Dumbarton, and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Stirling. Strathblane is a dormitory village for Greater Glasgow, and has a total resident population of 1,811.
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Worth seeing in and around Strathblane
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.
- 01Campsie Fells
The Campsie Fells are a range of hills in central Scotland, stretching east to west from Denny Muir to Dumgoyne in Stirlingshire and overlooking Strathkelvin to the south. The southern extent of the range falls within East Dunbartonshire.
3.5 km · mountain range in Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 02Mugdock Castle
Mugdock Castle was the stronghold of the Clan Graham from the middle of the 13th century. Its ruins are located in Mugdock Country Park, just west of the village of Mugdock in the parish of Strathblane.
2.5 km · castle with associated chapel and house, all ruins, in Stirling, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia - 03Craigend Castle
Craigend Castle is a ruined country house, located to the north of Milngavie, in Stirlingshire, central Scotland.
2.4 km · mansion, now ruinous, in Stirling, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Strathblane
- Airports
- Glasgow (GLA), 15 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 56 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 58 km
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Strathblane57 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · £6–8
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Strathblane59 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · £7–10
- Aberdeen → Strathblane187 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · £21–27
- 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 Strathblane
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 Strathblane. 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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Next door to Strathblane
Strathblane is 14 km from Glasgow, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.