Hillington

Hillington is an area on the southwestern edge of the Scottish city of comprising a residential neighbourhood and a large industrial suburb. While the residential area is wholly within Glasgow, the greater part of the industrial estate on the other side of the Inverclyde Line railway tracks falls under the jurisdiction of neighbouring , although uses a Glasgow postcode.
Wikipedia
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: place in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Hillington, Scotland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Nicholas’ Cardonald Church and Hillington East railway station.

Church
The Parish Church of Saint Nicholas, also known as St Nicholas' Cardonald, is a 20th century Parish church of the Church of Scotland, located in the Hillington and areas of .

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located in the Hillington district of , , also serving the eastern portion of the large Hillington industrial estate to the north. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Inverclyde Line.

Railway station
Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located in the Hillington district of , , also serving the western portion of the large Hillington industrial estate to the north, and the neighbourhood to the south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crookston and Penilee.

Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a residential suburb on the southwestern edge of the city of , . Two distinct and geographically separate neighbourhoods about one mile apart on opposite sides of the White Cart Water are known by the name, owing to factors in their development.

Suburb
is a small housing scheme and suburb on the southwestern edge of , . The area is bounded to its east by the Glasgow suburbs of and Hillington, and to the west by the border and the farms of North and South Arkleston.

Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an outlying suburb of the city of . Formerly a village in its own right, it lies to the southwest of the city and is bounded to the south by the White Cart Water.

Hillington

Latitude
55.85076° or 55° 51′ 3″ north
Longitude
-4.36212° or 4° 21′ 44″ west
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HTN
Open location code
9C7QVJ2Q+85
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1475078561
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2646893
Wiki­data ID
Q5763320
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Hillington” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hillington (Glasgow)”
  • Basque: “Hillington”
  • Irish: “Hileantan”
  • Urdu: “ہلنگٹن، اسکاٹ لینڈ”

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Localities in the Area

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