Drumchapel
Drumchapel, known locally as 'The Drum', is a district in the north-west of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It borders Bearsden to the north-east and Drumry to the south-west, as well as Blairdardie, Garscadden, Knightswood and Yoker in Glasgow to the south; land to the north is undeveloped and includes the course of the Roman-era Antonine Wall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drumchapel railway station and Drumry railway station.
Drumchapel railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kenneth Delman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumchapel railway station serves the Drumchapel, Blairdardie and Old Drumchapel areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.
Drumry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumry railway station serves the Drumry and Linnvale area of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The railway station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Drumchapel and Blairdardie.
Old Drumchapel
Suburb
Old Drumchapel is a neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located around Drumchapel railway station and formed part of the Cowdenhill and Garscadden Estates.
Blairdardie
Suburb
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Blairdardie is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde in the north-west of the city and is surrounded by other residential areas: High Knightswood, Knightswood, Old Drumchapel, Drumchapel and Garscadden.
Clydebank
Town
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, it borders the village of Old Kilpatrick to the west, and the Yoker and Drumchapel areas of the adjacent City of Glasgow immediately to the east.
Drumchapel
- Type: Suburb with 13,000 residents
- Description: district in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.91224° or 55° 54′ 44″ northLongitude
-4.36917° or 4° 22′ 9″ westPopulation
13,000Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB DCPOpen location code
9C7QWJ6J+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 967784103OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Drumchapel” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Drumchapel”
- Chinese: “德拉姆查珀尔”
- Chinese: “德拉姆查珀爾”
- Dutch: “Drumchapel”
- French: “Drumchapel”
- Hebrew: “דרמצ’אפל”
- Irish: “Druim a‘ Chaibeil”
- Irish: “Druim a’ Chaibeil”
- Japanese: “ドラムチャペル”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Drumchapel”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Drumchapel”
- Portuguese: “Drumchapel”
- Portuguese: “Drummchapel”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Druim a‘ Chaibeil”
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