Swinton
Swinton is an eastern suburb of the Scottish city of Glasgow, north of the areas of Baillieston and Garrowhill and east of Springhill. It is now concurrent with the 19th century Easterhouse village.Photo: BJ Smur, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Swinton, Glasgow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Easterhouse railway station and St Bridget’s Roman Catholic Church, 15 Swinton Road, Glasgow.
Easterhouse railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easterhouse railway station serves the Easterhouse area of Glasgow, Scotland. It was built by the North British Railway as part of their Coatbridge Branch and opened when the branch opened on 1 February 1871.
Baillieston St Andrew’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baillieston St Andrew's Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland, a member of the Presbyterian Church. The church building is located on the corner of Bredisholm Road and Muirhead Road, Baillieston, Glasgow, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baillieston and Springhill.
Baillieston
Suburb
Photo: BJ Smur, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baillieston is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It is about 7 miles east of the city centre.
Springhill
Suburb
Springhill is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde on the eastern edge of the city, north of the areas of Baillieston and Garrowhill and west of Swinton.
Garrowhill
Suburb
Photo: BJ Smur, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garrowhill is a residential area within the wider Baillieston suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated approximately 7 miles east of the city centre.
Swinton
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.85556° or 55° 51′ 20″ northLongitude
-4.10363° or 4° 6′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C7QVV4W+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 642986428OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q16248297
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Swinton” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Swinton (Glasgow)”
- Basque: “Swinton”
- Japanese: “スウィントン”
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