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Torrance

Torrance is a village in , formerly , Scotland, located eight miles north of city centre. Torrance used to mainly consist of farmland.
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  • Type: Village with 2,370 residents
  • Description: village in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Torrance, East Dunbartonshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wilderness Plantation and Lenzie Moss.

Deciduous forest
was the site of a Roman fortlet on the in . The line of the runs roughly parallel between the to the north and the to the south. is situated 2 miles southwest of Torrance.

Nature reserve
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a local nature reserve in , , Scotland. It is a boggy, marshy area that has not been built on. The reserve comprises lowland raised bogs, which were extensively exploited for peat, and now feature the characteristics of peat cutting, and several acres of deciduous woodland mainly made up of silver birch. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Torrance.

Bridge
Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The carries the Forth & Clyde Canal over the at , to the north of Glasgow. It is a Category A listed building. is situated 2½ miles east of Torrance.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balmore and Cadder.

Village
is a small village formerly in the county of , but now lies in , Scotland, located 1 km west of Torrance and 5 km east of .

Suburb
is a district of the town of , , . It is located 7 km north of city centre, 0.5 km south of the , and approximately 1.5 km north-east of Bishopbriggs town centre, sited on the route of the .

Photo: StaraBlazkova, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an industrial town in the area of central Scotland, with a population in 2022 of 20,000. It's about 8 miles northeast of central , on the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Torrance

Latitude
55.93979° or 55° 56′ 23″ north
Longitude
-4.21139° or 4° 12′ 41″ west
Population
2,370
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
Open location code
9C7QWQQQ+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27492880
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
11592450
Wiki­data ID
Q1907087
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Torrance” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تورانس”
  • Basque: “Torrance (Eakialdeko Dunbartonshire)”
  • Basque: “Torrance”
  • Chinese: “托兰斯”
  • Dutch: “Torrance”
  • French: “Torrance”
  • Irish: “An Toran”
  • Irish: “na Tòrranan”
  • Irish: “Tòrranan”
  • Italian: “Torrance (Scozia)”
  • Italian: “Torrance”
  • Persian: “تورنس، دونبارتونشر شرقی”
  • Persian: “تورنس”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na Torranan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na Tòrranan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tòrranan”
  • Spanish: “Torrance”
  • Swedish: “Torrance, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Torrance”
  • Welsh: “Torrance”
  • “Tòrranan”
  • “Torrance”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Caldwell Halls and Torrance ornamental and demonstration gardens.

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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 “Torrance”. Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.