Yoker
Yoker is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located on the northern bank of the Clyde east of Clydebank, 5 miles west of the city centre. The name is an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic Eochair meaning a river bank.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- Postal code: G14
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yoker railway station and Garscadden railway station.
Yoker railway station
Railway station
Photo: Garry Cornes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yoker railway station serves the district of Yoker, Scotland. The station is served by ScotRail as part of the SPT network, on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines.
Garscadden railway station
Railway station
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Garscadden railway station serves Garscadden in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line.
Drumry railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, 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 Renfrew.
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.
Renfrew
Town
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Renfrew is a town 6 miles west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is the historic county town of Renfrewshire. Called the "Cradle of the Royal Stewarts" for its early link with Scotland's former royal house, Renfrew gained royal burgh status in 1397.
Blairdardie
Suburb
Photo: JudithFisher, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Yoker
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.8909° or 55° 53′ 27″ northLongitude
-4.37778° or 4° 22′ 40″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C7QVJRC+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 960726005OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Yoker” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Yoker”
- Central Kurdish: “یۆکەر”
- Irish: “An Eochair”
- Japanese: “ヨーカー”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Eochair”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yoker”. Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.