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Clydeside

Clydeside is a region around in the of Scotland, with a population in 2020 of 1,028,220. It more-or-less corresponds to Greater Glasgow, and half-a-dozen other names, but it's not a metropolis or other unit of local government.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Glasgow and Greenock.

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is the largest city in Scotland on Clydeside in the Central Belt. reinvented itself from the 1990s, one of the most successful examples in Britain, with a range of developments in industry, culture, cuisine and architecture.

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is a port on the Clyde estuary, with a population of 41,000 in 2020. Historically it was part of Renfrewshire but is now within Clydeside in the of Scotland.

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is a town in Renfrewshire, on Clydeside in the 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.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Dumbarton and East Kilbride.

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is a town in Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 17,000 in 2022. It stands on the north shore of the Clyde at the outflow of the River Leven, which drains Loch Lomond.

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is a town in the of , some 8 miles southeast of Glasgow, with a population of 75,310 in 2020. It's notorious for its "New Town" architecture, yet its main attraction is the Museum of Rural Life.

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is a town on Clydeside in central Scotland. With a population of 55,000 in 2022, it's the fourth-largest town in Scotland and lies 12 miles southeast of , at the confluence of the River Clyde with the Avon Water.

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is an industrial town in the Clydeside region of central Scotland, with a population of 32,840 in 2020. It's 16 miles southeast of Glasgow, and divided by the motorway and River Clyde from neighbouring .

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is a town on Clydeside in central Scotland, 13 miles northeast of Glasgow, with a population of 50,500 in 2022. Its centre is a drab vista of 1960s "New Town" concrete plazas and shopping centres, and most visitors are just stopping over on the way to the Highlands.

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is an industrial town in the Clydeside 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.

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is the main town of Monklands, a district on Clydeside in the of Scotland, and historically part of Lanarkshire. Other towns here, which have merged, include Airdrie and Whifflet.

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is a town 6 miles northwest of in East Dunbartonshire on Clydeside, 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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is a town on Clydeside, historically part of Lanarkshire, in the 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.

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is a town in Clydeside 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.

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is a town on Clydeside in central Scotland, on the southern shore of Loch Lomond. It expanded from 1850 when the railway arrived, bringing trippers from Glasgow to the pier, whence boats and charabancs conveyed them around the loch.

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is a village in Inverclyde, the western part of Clydeside in the of Scotland, best known for its large marina. In 2022 its population was 3500.

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is a ferry port on Clydeside in the of Scotland. Most visitors are only passing through, to catch ferries to in Argyll. In 2022 had a population of 10,200.

Clydeside

Latitude of center
55.892° or 55° 53′ 31″ north
Longitude of center
-4.405° or 4° 24′ 18″ west
Wiki­data ID
Q5600557
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Clydeside” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Glasgow Handia”
  • Chinese: “大格拉斯哥”
  • Chinese: “大格拉斯哥都市区”
  • Dutch: “Greater Glasgow”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Glasgovo”
  • French: “Clydeside”
  • Galician: “Gran Glasgow”
  • German: “Clydeside”
  • Indonesian: “Glasgow Raya”
  • Irish: “Mór-Ghlaschú”
  • Italian: “Clydeside”
  • Japanese: “グレーター・グラスゴー”
  • Japanese: “大グラスゴー”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Glazgas”
  • Persian: “گریتر گلاسگو”
  • Scots: “Greater Glesga”
  • Spanish: “Gran Glasgow”

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