Northfield
Northfield is a quarter in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Northfield is situated nearby to the quarter Westfield, as well as near the suburb Balmalloch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bar Hill Fort and Croy railway station.
Bar Hill Fort
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bar Hill Fort was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It was built around the year 142 CE. Older maps and documents sometimes spell the name as Barr Hill. Bar Hill Fort is situated 1½ miles south of Northfield.
Croy railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croy railway station serves the village of Croy – as well as the nearby town of Kilsyth and parts of Cumbernauld – in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line, 11+1⁄2 miles northeast of Glasgow Queen Street. Croy railway station is situated 2½ miles southeast of Northfield.
Corrie Spout
Waterfall
Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls. Corrie Spout is situated 2 miles west of Northfield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilsyth and Croy.
Kilsyth
Photo: Excalibur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilsyth is a town on Clydeside, historically part of Lanarkshire, in the Central Belt 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
Village
Croy is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. A former mining community, Croy is situated south of Kilsyth and north of Cumbernauld, some 13 miles from Glasgow and 37 miles from Edinburgh on the main railway line between the two cities. Croy is situated 2 miles southeast of Northfield.
Twechar
Village
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twechar is a small former mining village historically in Dunbartonshire and administered by the council area of East Dunbartonshire, Scotland close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire. Twechar is situated 2 miles south of Northfield.
Northfield
- Type: Quarter
- Category: locality
- Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9813° or 55° 58′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.07335° or 4° 4′ 24″ westElevation
361 feet (110 metres)Open location code
9C7QXWJG+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1014461273OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
13269773
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