Broom
Broom is a suburb in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Broom is situated nearby to the suburb Whitecraigs, as well as near Kirkhill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Belmont House School and Mearns Castle.
Belmont House School
School
Belmont House School is a private co-educational school in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, in the greater Glasgow area, providing primary and secondary education. It is based in the former Broom House, a Georgian category B listed building.
Mearns Castle
Castle
Photo: wrobison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mearns Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, south of Glasgow, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. The castle has been restored and is now part of the Maxwell Mearns Castle Church.
Whitecraigs railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitecraigs railway station is a railway station serving the Whitecraigs and Davieland areas of the towns of Giffnock and Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newton Mearns and Deaconsbank.
Newton Mearns
Town
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newton Mearns is a suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles southwest of Glasgow City Centre on historically the main road to Ayrshire, 410 feet above sea level.
Deaconsbank
Suburb
Photo: Brydo16, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deaconsbank is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde. The main feature of the area, which falls into the Greater Pollok ward of Glasgow City Council and directly borders the East Renfrewshire council region, is an estate of around 639 private houses built in the late 1970s by Barratt Developments, prior to which the area was open farmland.
Jenny Lind
Quarter
Photo: Brydo16, Public domain.
Jenny Lind is a small neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde, contiguous with the larger Deaconsbank neighbourhood and across a dual carriageway from the Arden and Thornliebank Industrial Estate. Jenny Lind is situated 1½ miles north of Broom.
Broom
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: East Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.77966° or 55° 46′ 47″ northLongitude
-4.31346° or 4° 18′ 48″ westElevation
364 feet (111 metres)Open location code
9C7QQMHP+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 6465073000OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13267238
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