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Bearsden
Town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Bearsden

Bearsden is an affluent town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately six miles from the city centre.

Plan a trip to Bearsden→From Prestwick, South Ayrshire
Get in

Getting to Bearsden

Trains run from Glasgow to Bearsden every 15 min, taking just under 20 min. They run both from Glasgow Queen Street (lower level) every 30 min originating in Edinburgh, and from Glasgow Central every 30 min originating in Motherwell. Both services run via Partick and Westerton so you can interchange, and they continue from Bearsden to Hillfoot (handier for the east side of town) and Milngavie.

See

Worth seeing

Lemond Gallery is a commercial art gallery at

Do

Things to do

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    Bearsden Ski & Board Club

    The Mound, Stockiemuir Rd G61 3RS, info@skibearsden.co.uk.

Eat

Where to eat

Bearsden Cross has a cluster in the block quarter of a mile north of the station, junction of Drymen Road and Roman Road. These include Scallop's Tale, Elements (below), Bearsden Athletic Club, Raja Rani, Massimo and Ashoka. Elements, 19 New Kirk Rd G61 3SJ,. Wed 6-11:45PM, Thu-Sun noon-1:45PM. Great dining for a special occasion. Milngavie Rd by Hillfoot Station has Lucali and Malaga Tapas.

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    The Tickled Trout

    878 Boclair Rd G62 6EP (next to Dobbies Garden Centre),.

How locals move

Getting around Bearsden the local way

  • 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.
  • Get inFrom Europe the nearest ferry port is Newcastle upon Tyne, with overnight ferries from IJmuiden near Amsterdam.
  • Get inFerries from the Clyde islands and Argyll peninsula sail to ports "doon the water" at Gourock, Wemyss Bay and Ardrossan.
  • Get inIn the twentieth century paddle steamers ran between Glasgow and other Clyde ports, this continues with occasional sailings of the PS Waverley but these are only a realistic option for a day trip from Glasgow.

From Wikivoyage: Glasgow, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Rijksmuseum (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.