Milngavie

Milngavie 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.
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  • Type: Town with 12,800 residents
  • Description: town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Milguy” and “Muileann-Ghaidh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Antonine Wall and Milngavie 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
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of Milngavie, , near in . The station is sited 9 miles 35 chains from Glasgow Queen Street, measured via .

Arts center
Photo: Louise Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an arts center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bearsden and Baldernock.

Photo: Wikiwayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Hamlet
meaning 'settlement of St Earnaig' is a small parish in , , ten miles to the north of 's city centre.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in , . It lies to the south of the village of , and was in the civil parish. In the past the hamlet had more significance.

Milngavie

Latitude
55.9411° or 55° 56′ 28″ north
Longitude
-4.3178° or 4° 19′ 4″ west
Population
12,800
Elevation
217 feet (66 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MLV
Open location code
9C7QWMRJ+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 18167379
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2642484
Wiki­data ID
Q1438673
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Milngavie” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميلنغافي”
  • Asturian: “Milngavie”
  • Azerbaijani: “Molqay”
  • Basque: “Milngavie”
  • Bengali: “মিলিংগ্যাভি”
  • Breton: “Muileann-Ghaidh”
  • Bulgarian: “Милнгавие”
  • Cebuano: “Milngavie”
  • Chinese: “沐盖”
  • Chinese: “沐蓋”
  • Cornish: “Muileann-Ghaidh”
  • Dutch: “Milngavie”
  • French: “Milngavie”
  • Galician: “Milngavie”
  • Galician: “Muileann-Gaidh”
  • Galician: “Mulguye”
  • German: “Milngavie”
  • Gujarati: “મિલ્નગેવી”
  • Hebrew: “מילגאי”
  • Irish: “Muileann Dháibhidh”
  • Irish: “Muileann Dhàibhidh”
  • Irish: “Muileann-Gaidh”
  • Irish: “Muileann-Ghaidh”
  • Italian: “Milngavie”
  • Japanese: “ミルガイ”
  • Japanese: “ミルンゲイヴィ”
  • Japanese: “モルガイ”
  • Kannada: “ಮಿಲ್ನ್ಗೇವಿ”
  • Korean: “밀른게이브”
  • Lithuanian: “Milngavis”
  • Manx: “Muileann-Ghaidh”
  • Persian: “میلگای”
  • Polish: “Milngavie”
  • Portuguese: “Milngavie”
  • Russian: “Милнгай”
  • Scots: “Mulguy”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Milngavie”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Muileann Dhàibhidh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Muileann-Ghaidh”
  • South Azerbaijani: “میلقای”
  • Spanish: “Milngavie”
  • Swedish: “Milngavie”
  • Tamil: “மில்னகவியே”
  • Telugu: “మిలన్గివ్”
  • Ukrainian: “Мілнгеві”
  • Urdu: “میلنجاویی”
  • Welsh: “Milngavie”
  • Welsh: “Muileann-Ghaidh”
  • “Milngavie”
  • “Milngavie - Muileann-Ghaidh”
  • “Muileann-Ghaidh”

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