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Croy

Croy is a village in , Scotland. A former mining community, Croy is situated south of and north of , some 13 miles from and 37 miles from on the main railway line between the two cities.
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  • Type: Village with 1,390 residents
  • Description: village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Croy, North Lanarkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Croy railway station and Broadwood Stadium.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the village of Croy – as well as the nearby town of and parts of – in , Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 11+1⁄2 miles northeast of .

Stadium
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a multi-use community and sports complex in the Westfield area of , North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Scottish League One side Hamilton Academical, as well as Cumbernauld Colts of the Scottish Lowland Football League, and Rangers W.F.C of the Scottish Women's Premier League.

Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was a Roman fort on the in . It was built around the year 142 CE. Older maps and documents sometimes spell the name as Barr Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Craigmarloch and Balloch.

Suburb
is a private residential area of the town of in , . It was the last such area that the Cumbernauld Development Corporation laid out and began to construct.

Suburb
is an area of , , located north of the M80 motorway and west of Cumbernauld Town Centre. Nearby neighbourhoods include Smithstone, Westfield and .

Photo: Excalibur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on , historically part of Lanarkshire, in the of Scotland. It's 15 miles northeast of Glasgow near the watershed between the Clyde and Forth river catchments, at a point where the natural lowland routes become pinched between the Lanarkshire moors, the abrupt Campsie Fells, and sucking bogs.

Croy

Latitude
55.95863° or 55° 57′ 31″ north
Longitude
-4.04184° or 4° 2′ 31″ west
Population
1,390
Elevation
381 feet (116 metres)
Open location code
9C7QXX55+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 259774104
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11592127
Wiki­data ID
Q2011685
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Croy” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Croy”
  • Chinese: “克罗伊”
  • Dutch: “Croy”
  • French: “Croy”
  • German: “Croy”
  • Irish: “An Cró”
  • Irish: “Crothaidh”
  • Italian: “Croy”
  • Japanese: “コーロイ”
  • Russian: “Крой”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Crothaidh”
  • Spanish: “Croy”
  • Swedish: “Croy, North Lanarkshire”
  • Swedish: “Croy”
  • Welsh: “Croy, Gogledd Swydd Lanark”
  • Welsh: “Croy”
  • “Crothaidh”
  • “Croy”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Croy Post Office and Holy Cross RC Church.

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