Muirend
Muirend is a railway stop in Glasgow City, Scotland. Muirend is situated nearby to Cathcart Baptist Church, as well as near Merrylee Parish Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muirend railway station and Holmwood House.
Muirend railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alec MacKinnon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muirend railway station is an island platform suburban railway station in the Muirend area of Glasgow, Scotland. The station, which opened in 1903, is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Neilston branch of the Cathcart Circle Lines.
Holmwood House
Museum
Photo: Zeddy, Public domain.
Holmwood House is the finest and most elaborate residential villa designed by the Scottish architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson. It is also rare in retaining much of its original interior decor, and being open to the public. Holmwood House is situated 3,000 feet east of Muirend.
Cathcart Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Alec MacKinnon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cathcart Cemetery is a cemetery in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, which was opened in 1876. It is named after the nearby neighbourhood of Cathcart on the southern outskirts of Glasgow, but does not actually fall within the city boundaries, instead being a salient of East Renfrewshire. Cathcart Cemetery is situated 1,800 feet east of Muirend.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muirend and Merrylee.
Muirend
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muirend is an area on the South side of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated about 4 miles south of Glasgow city centre. Muirend became extensively urbanised in the 20th century, developing into a commuter suburb.
Merrylee
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Merrylee is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde within the Newlands/Auldburn ward surrounded by other residential areas: Newlands, Cathcart and Muirend, and is a housing scheme consisting of mostly ex-local authority homes constructed in the 1950s and 60s.
Newlands
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newlands is a suburb in the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. The area is mainly residential in character. Shawlands and Langside lie to the north of the district, Pollokshaws and Auldhouse to the west, Giffnock to the south, and Merrylee and Cathcart to the east.
Muirend
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.81009° or 55° 48′ 36″ northLongitude
-4.27368° or 4° 16′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C7QRP6G+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 3747311811OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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