Erskine
Erskine is a town in the council area of Renfrewshire, and historic county of the same name, situated in the West Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the southern bank of the River Clyde, providing the lowest crossing to the north bank of the river at the Erskine Bridge, connecting the town to Old Kilpatrick in West Dunbartonshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 15,300 residents
- Description: town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Erskine, Renfrewshire” and “Erskine, Scotland”
- Postal code: PA8
Places of Interest
Highlights include Park Mains High School and Dalmuir railway station.
Park Mains High School
School
Photo: Discolover18, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Park Mains High School is a secondary school in Erskine, Renfrewshire. It is one of the biggest schools in Scotland. As well as taking in students from the town it also enrolls them from the surrounding areas of Bishopton, Inchinnan, and Langbank.
Dalmuir railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dalmuir railway station is a railway station serving the Dalmuir area of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is a large, five-platform interchange between the Argyle Line, North Clyde Line and West Highland Line, between Singer and Clydebank and Kilpatrick.
Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Golden Jubilee University National Hospital is a hospital in Clydebank, near Glasgow, Scotland. It was opened in 1994 and is managed by a Special Health Board appointed by NHS Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalmuir and Old Kilpatrick.
Dalmuir
Suburb
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalmuir is an area nine miles northwest of Glasgow, Scotland, on the western side of Clydebank, and part of West Dunbartonshire Council Area. The name is a lowland Scots derivation of the Gaelic meaning Big Field.
Old Kilpatrick
Village
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Old Kilpatrick, is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The name Old Kilpatrick is said to be derived from St. Patrick ostensibly being born here. Old Kilpatrick is situated 1½ miles north of Erskine.
Duntocher
Village
Duntocher is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It has an estimated population of 6,850. The etymology of the name of the village indicates that its name means "the fort on the causeway". Duntocher is situated 2 miles northeast of Erskine.
Erskine
- Category: locality
- Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.90421° or 55° 54′ 15″ northLongitude
-4.44923° or 4° 26′ 57″ westPopulation
15,300Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB EKIOpen location code
9C7QWH32+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 274937619OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Erskine” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Erskine”
- Azerbaijani: “Erskin”
- Basque: “Erskine”
- Bengali: “এরসকিনে”
- Cebuano: “Erskine”
- Chinese: “厄斯金”
- Chinese: “厄斯金恩”
- Dutch: “Erskine”
- French: “Erskine”
- German: “Erskine”
- Gujarati: “અર્શકાઈન”
- Irish: “Arascain”
- Irish: “Arasgain”
- Italian: “Erskine”
- Japanese: “アースキン”
- Kannada: “ಎರ್ಸ್ಕೈನ್”
- Korean: “어스킨”
- Lithuanian: “Erskinas”
- Malagasy: “Erskine”
- Persian: “ارسکین”
- Polish: “Erskine”
- Portuguese: “Erskine”
- Russian: “Эрскин”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Arascain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Arasgain”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Erskine”
- South Azerbaijani: “ارسکین”
- Spanish: “Erskine”
- Swedish: “Erskine”
- Tamil: “எர்ஸ்கினே”
- Telugu: “ఎర్స్కినే”
- Ukrainian: “Ерскін”
- Urdu: “یرسکینی”
- Welsh: “Arasgain”
- Welsh: “Erskine”
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