Muirend
Muirend is an area on the South side of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated about 4 miles south of Glasgow city centre. Muirend became extensively urbanised in the 20th century, developing into a commuter suburb.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Muirend railway station and Holmwood House.
Muirend railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alec MacKinnon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muirend railway station is an island platform suburban railway station in the Muirend area of Glasgow, Scotland. The station, which opened in 1903, is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines.
Holmwood House
Museum
Photo: Zeddy, Public domain.
Holmwood House is the finest and most elaborate residential villa designed by the Scottish architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson. It is also rare in retaining much of its original interior decor, and being open to the public.
Cathcart Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Alec MacKinnon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cathcart Cemetery is a cemetery in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, which was opened in 1876. It is named after the nearby neighbourhood of Cathcart on the southern outskirts of Glasgow, but does not actually fall within the city boundaries, instead being a salient of East Renfrewshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Merrylee and Newlands.
Merrylee
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merrylee is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde within the Newlands/Auldburn ward surrounded by other residential areas: Newlands, Cathcart and Muirend, and is a housing scheme consisting of mostly ex-local authority homes constructed in the 1950s and 60s.
Newlands
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newlands is a suburb in the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. The area is mainly residential in character. Shawlands and Langside lie to the north of the district, Pollokshaws and Auldhouse to the west, Giffnock to the south, and Merrylee and Cathcart to the east.
Cathcart
Suburb
Photo: Zeddy, Public domain.
Cathcart is an area of Glasgow between Battlefield, Mount Florida, King's Park, Muirend and Newlands. The White Cart Water flows through Cathcart, downstream from Linn Park. In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive postcode areas to live in Scotland.
Muirend
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.81099° or 55° 48′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.27308° or 4° 16′ 23″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
9C7QRP6G+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 371093775OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Muirend” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Muirend”
- Irish: “Ceann an t-Slèibh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann an t-Slèibh”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Muirend”. Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.