Yoker

Yoker is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located on the northern bank of the east of , 5 miles west of the city centre. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Eochair meaning a river bank.
Wikipedia
Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Suburb
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 feet (10 metres)
  • …is also known as “An Eochair”
  • Description: district in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
  • Postal code: G14

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yoker railway station and Garscadden railway station.
Garry Cornes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the district of Yoker, .
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serves in , .
Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the Drumry and Linnvale…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garscadden and Old Drumchapel.
Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district in the city of .
is a neighbourhood of , .
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is a town and royal burgh in , Scotland.

Yoker

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Latitude
55.8909° or 55° 53′ 27″ north
Longitude
-4.37778° or 4° 22′ 40″ west
Open location code
9C7QVJRC+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 960726005
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11550824
Wiki­data ID
Q8054554

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Yoker” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Yoker”
  • Breton: “An Eochair”
  • Central Kurdish: “یۆکەر”
  • Cornish: “An Eochair”
  • Irish: “An Eochair”
  • Japanese: “ヨーカー”
  • Manx: “An Eochair”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Eochair”
  • Welsh: “An Eochair”
  • “Yoker - An Eochair”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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