Hawkhead

Hawkhead is an area near in , . The village is on the Hawkhead Burn and White Cart Water, crossed via Hawkhead Bridge. It is near Dykebar, Hunterhill and Blackhall neighbourhoods and is the source of the name…
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hawkhead railway station and St Andrew’s Academy.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the Seedhill area of , . The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 6½ miles west of .

School
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St Andrew's Academy is a Catholic secondary school in Paisley. The school was opened in 1990, with its importance growing in 2001 when St Mirin's and St Margaret's High School closed.

Church
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The Cathedral Church of Saint Mirin in Paisley, dedicated to Saint Mirin the patron saint of , is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Paisley and is the seat of the Bishop of Paisley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ralston and Rosshall.

Suburb
is a small upper class suburban settlement in , . The district straddles the A761, the main dual-carriageway between Renfrewshire and the .

Quarter
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is an area in the south-west of , Scotland, within the Cardonald ward of Glasgow City Council. It has a fairly isolated location, with the White Cart Water forming a border to the south and east, the Paisley Canal Line railway to the north…

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.

Hawkhead

Latitude
55.83583° or 55° 50′ 9″ north
Longitude
-4.3947° or 4° 23′ 41″ west
Population
968
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
9C7QRJP4+84
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6543287941
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2647292
Wiki­data ID
Q1008947
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Hawkhead” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Hawkhead”
  • Japanese: “ホークヘッド”
  • Swedish: “Hawkhead”
  • Welsh: “Hawkhead”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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