Byres Hill

Byres Hill is a hill in Renfrewshire, Scotland and has an elevation of 180 feet. Byres Hill is situated nearby to the suburb Whitehaugh, as well as near Oldhall.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barshaw Park and Whitehaugh Oval.

Barshaw Park

Park

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barshaw Park is public park in Paisley, Scotland. It has 55 acres of recreational parkland and garden areas which are open to the public.

Whitehaugh Oval

Recreation area

Whitehaugh Oval is a cricket ground in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. It has been the home ground of Kelburne Cricket Club since their previous ground at Blackhall was lost to development in 1898.

St Mirin’s Cathedral

Church

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The Cathedral Church of Saint Mirin in Paisley, dedicated to Saint Mirin the patron saint of Paisley, is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Paisley and is the seat of the Bishop of Paisley.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ralston and Penilee.

Ralston is a small, middle-class, suburban settlement in Renfrewshire, Scotland, being part of the greater town of Paisley. The district straddles the A761, the main dual-carriageway between Renfrewshire and the City of Glasgow.

Penilee

Suburb

Penilee is a small housing scheme and suburb on the southwestern edge of Glasgow, Scotland. The area is bounded to its east by the Glasgow suburbs of Cardonald and Hillington, and to the west by the Renfrewshire border and the farms of North and South Arkleston.

Paisley

Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Paisley is a town in Renfrewshire, on Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 79,40 in 2020. It was a major centre for textiles, mass-producing "Paisley pattern" fabrics, though all the mills are long gone.

Byres Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 180 feet
Category: landform
Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.85269° or 55° 51′ 10″ north

Longitude

-4.39676° or 4° 23′ 48″ west

Elevation

180 feet (55 metres)

Open location code

9C7QVJ33+37

GeoNames ID

12617578

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