Whifflet

Worth seeing in and around Whifflet

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
   Excelsior Stadium

   The Excelsior Stadium, officially The Albert Bartlett Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of Airdrieonians of the Scottish Professional Football League.

   3.6 km · football stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Monkland Canal

   The Monkland Canal was a 12+1⁄4-mile-long canal designed to bring coal from the mining areas of Monklands to Glasgow in Scotland. In the course of a long and difficult construction process, it was opened progressively as short sections were completed, from 1771.

   3.1 km · canal in Glasgow, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Cliftonhill

   Cliftonhill Stadium, commonly known as Cliftonhill and currently 'The Reigart Stadium' for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is the home ground of former Scottish Professional Football League team Albion Rovers F.C., who have played at the ground since 1919.

   800 m · stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Airdrie Public Observatory

   Airdrie Observatory is a fully operational, historic public astronomical observatory, which is part of the library building in the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. There are only four public observatories operating in the United Kingdom, all of which are in Scotland.

   2.5 km · Astronomical observatory in Airdrie, Scotland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Broomfield Park

   Broomfield Park was a football stadium in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, home of Airdrieonians from 1892 until it was closed after the 1993–94 football season.It was just 67 yards wide, and was built in a natural hollow. The record attendance at Broomfield Park was 24,000, in a Scottish Cup quarter-final match against Hearts on 8 March 1952.

   2.7 km · stadium in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Airdrie Library

   Airdrie Library is a public library in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The library has been housed in a number of buildings since its founding.

   2.6 km · public library and observatory in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life

   Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life is an industrial and social history museum in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated on the site of the Victorian Summerlee Iron Works and the former Hydrocon Crane factory.

   1.6 km · industrial and social history museum in Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
8. 08
   County Buildings, Airdrie

   County Buildings was a judicial building on Bank Street in Airdrie in Scotland. The building, which was the venue for hearings of the Airdrie Sheriff Court, was demolished in 1969.

   2.7 km · Judicial building in Scotland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Sir John Wilson Town Hall, Stirling Street, Airdrie

   Airdie Town Hall, also known as the Sir John Wilson Town Hall, is an events venue in Stirling Street, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building.

   2.5 km · city hall in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Coatbridge College

    New College Lanarkshire Coatbridge Campus, previously the independent Coatbridge College, was Scotland’s oldest further education college, founded in 1865. The college has over 250 staff members and approximately 7,000 students.

    1.2 km · college building · Wikipedia

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Getting to Whifflet

Airports

Glasgow (GLA), 26 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 42 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 53 km

Stations

Airdrie railway station, 2.4 km · Kirkwood railway station, 1.9 km · Coatbridge Sunnyside railway station, 1.6 km · Whifflet railway station, 100 m · Coatbridge Central railway station, 1.4 km

• Ingliston, Edinburgh → Whifflet

  42 km · quickest by road, 54 min · £4.5–6
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Whifflet

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £6–8
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• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear → Whifflet

  181 km · quickest by road, 3h 33m · £21–28
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