The Whirlies

The Whirlies is a work of art in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Whirlies is situated near the forest The Pinies, as well as near shelterbelt.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: East Kilbride railway station and St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride.

East Kilbride railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Kilbride railway station serves the town of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and it is a terminus on the former Busby Railway. The station is 11+1⁄2 miles southeast of Glasgow Central. East Kilbride railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of The Whirlies.

St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride

Church

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Bride's Roman Catholic Church is located in East Kilbride in Scotland. It was designed by the architects Gillespie, Kidd and Coia and built between 1959 and 1964. St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride is situated 1 mile south of The Whirlies.

Mains Castle

Castle

Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mains Castle is a rectangular tower house dating from the fifteenth century, situated near East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. Mains Castle is situated 1 mile west of The Whirlies.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Mains and Nerston.

East Mains

Suburb

East Mains is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. It lies to the north of the town centre and the Village, between West Mains and Calderwood.

Nerston

Village

Nerston is a village situated on the northern green-belt boundary of the new town of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

The Village

Suburb

'The Village' is the modern but long-established and formal name for the oldest known nucleus of settlement in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

The Whirlies

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Category: tourism
Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.77559° or 55° 46′ 32″ north

Longitude

-4.16295° or 4° 9′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C7QQRGP+6R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7539636288

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

OpenStreetMap attribute

artwork_type=sculpture

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: The Pinies and shelterbelt.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Whirlies Roundabout and Whirlies Roundabout.

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