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Kilsyth
Town in Scotland

Kilsyth

Kilsyth is a town and civil parish in North Lanarkshire, roughly halfway between Glasgow and Stirling in Scotland.

Plan a trip to Kilsyth→From Ingliston, Edinburgh

The estimated population is 10,380. The town is famous for the Battle of Kilsyth and the religious revivals of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The town now has links with Cumbernauld at one time being part of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth District Council. The towns also have the same members of parliament at Holyrood and Westminster.

Get in

Getting to Kilsyth

Glasgow Airport (GLA IATA) is 25 miles west of Kilsyth. Take the airport bus 500 to Glasgow city centre then onward bus or train as below. Edinburgh Airport (EDI IATA) is 30 miles east. Take the airport bus or tram to Haymarket then a westbound train. Cumbernauld airport only has private aviation.

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    Croy is

    This has trains from Glasgow Queen Street every 15 min, taking 15 min.

See

Worth seeing

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    Colzium House

    The park has a walled garden, the remains of an old ice house, a curling pond, and attractive scenery.

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    Croy Hill on the Antonine Wall
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    Bar Hill

    Findings here include a well, shoes of men women and children, and a stone altar to Silvanus.

Do

Things to do

Burngreen Park is a short walk from Main Street. There's a children’s playpark, tennis court, trampolines and a miniature putting green. Visit Lanarkshire "Ten Walks Guide" features two local routes - the Antonine Wall and Forth-Clyde Canal Walk, and the Colzium House and Tomtain walk. Golf: Kilsyth Lennox GC is north side of the village, and Dullatur GC is south of Croy Hill on the edge of Cumbernauld.

How locals move

Getting around Kilsyth the local way

  • Get inThe West Highland Line connects Glasgow with Oban (for ferries to Mull, Coll, Tiree and Colonsay), Fort William and Mallaig (for ferries to Skye and South Uist).
  • Get inThe other Hebrides ferry ports are linked by bus.
  • Get inA77 runs from Stranraer (for Northern Ireland ferries) via Ayr and Kilmarnock to Glasgow.

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