The Whirlies
The Whirlies is a work of art in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Whirlies is situated nearby to the forest The Pinies, as well as near shelterbelt.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East Kilbride railway station and Mains Castle.
East Kilbride railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
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.
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.
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.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.77559° or 55° 46′ 32″ northLongitude
-4.16295° or 4° 9′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C7QQRGP+6ROpenStreetMap ID
node 7539636288OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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