Bearsden

Bearsden is a town 6 miles northwest of in East Dunbartonshire on , with a population of 28,500 in 2022. The main reason to visit is the Roman bath house, built in the brief period when the Romans occupied the Antonine Wall.
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  • Type: Town with 28,500 residents
  • Description: town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “East Kilpatrick” and “New Kilpatrick”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Antonine Wall and Hillfoot railway station.

Ruins
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The was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the of , between the and the .

Railway station
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is a railway station in Bearsden, near , . The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines.

Railway station
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serves Bearsden, near , . The railway station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Argyle Line and North Clyde Lines.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milngavie and Drumchapel.

Photo: Andy Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in in the of Scotland. With a population of just under 13,000 in 2022, it's a commuter and retirement town for Glasgow six miles to the southwest.

Suburb
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, known locally as 'The Drum', is a district in the north-west of the city of , Scotland. It borders Bearsden to the north-east and Drumry to the south-west, as well as , , and in Glasgow to the south; land to the north is undeveloped and includes the course of the Roman-era .

Village
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is a large estate forming part of the town of , , adjoining the former village of Hardgate, with a population of approximately 5,001. is situated 2½ miles west of Bearsden.

Bearsden

Latitude
55.9205° or 55° 55′ 14″ north
Longitude
-4.3332° or 4° 19′ 60″ west
Population
28,500
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BSD
Open location code
9C7QWMC8+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 18167377
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656086
Wiki­data ID
Q1908426
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bearsden” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برزدن”
  • Asturian: “Bearsden”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bersden”
  • Basque: “Bearsden”
  • Belarusian: “Берсдэн”
  • Bengali: “বিয়ার্সডেন”
  • Bulgarian: “Беърсден”
  • Catalan: “Bearsden”
  • Cebuano: “Bearsden”
  • Chinese: “拜尔斯顿”
  • Chinese: “貝爾斯登 (蘇格蘭)”
  • Chinese: “貝爾斯登”
  • Chinese: “贝尔斯登 (苏格兰)”
  • Chinese: “贝尔斯登”
  • Czech: “Bearsden”
  • Dutch: “Bearsden”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برزدن”
  • Finnish: “Bearsden”
  • French: “Bearsden”
  • German: “Bearsden”
  • Gujarati: “બિઅર્સડેન”
  • Hebrew: “בירזדן”
  • Hindi: “बियर्सडेन”
  • Indonesian: “Bearsden”
  • Irish: “Bearsden”
  • Irish: “Cill Phádraig Úr”
  • Irish: “Cille Phádraig Úr”
  • Irish: “Cille Phàdraig Ùr”
  • Italian: “Bearsden”
  • Japanese: “ベアーズデン”
  • Kannada: “ಬೇರ್ಸ್ಡನ್”
  • Korean: “비어스덴”
  • Lithuanian: “Bersdenas”
  • Persian: “برزدن”
  • Polish: “Bearsden”
  • Portuguese: “Bearsden”
  • Romanian: “Bearsden”
  • Russian: “Берсден”
  • Russian: “Бэрсден”
  • Scots: “Bearsden”
  • Scots: “Easter Kirkpatrick”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bearsden”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Phàdraig Ùr”
  • Silesian: “Bearsden”
  • Slovak: “Bearsden”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برزدن”
  • Spanish: “Bearsden”
  • Swedish: “Bearsden”
  • Tamil: “பெயர்ஸ்ட்டேன்”
  • Telugu: “బీర్స్ డెన్”
  • Turkish: “Bearsden”
  • Ukrainian: “Бірсден”
  • Urdu: “بیارسدین”
  • Welsh: “Bearsden”
  • “Bearsden”
  • “Q1908426”

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