Howcraigs Hill
Howcraigs Hill is a peak in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Howcraigs Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Shillford, as well as near the village Uplawmoor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Craighall Reservoir and Neilston railway station.
Craighall Reservoir
Reservoir
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Craighall Reservoir, known locally as Craighall Dam, is one of a number of small reservoirs, situated around Neilston in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The reservoir is located on the western slopes of Neilston Pad and has a number of well maintained public access paths.
Neilston railway station
Railway station
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Neilston railway station is a railway station in the village of Neilston, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Cathcart Circle Lines, 11+3⁄4 miles southwest of Glasgow Central.
Neilston Pad
Peak
Photo: Alec MacKinnon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Neilston Pad, referred to locally as The Pad, is a distinctive hill in East Renfrewshire, situated a mile south of the village of Neilston. Its highest point is 261 metres and is characterised by a relatively flat summit plateau surrounded by steep slopes and distinctive forestry on its eastern side.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neilston and Barrhead.
Neilston
Town
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Neilston is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, two miles southwest of Barrhead, 3+3⁄4 miles south of Paisley, and 5+3⁄4 miles south-southwest of Renfrew, at the southwestern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation.
Barrhead
Town
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Barrhead is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, thirteen kilometres southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.
Uplawmoor
Village
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uplawmoor is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Its population was 700 as of 2016. Historic Uplawmoor, associated for centuries with the Barony of Caldwell and the Mure family, is still a vibrant community today, although bereft of the shops once to be found there.
Howcraigs Hill
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: East Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.7679° or 55° 46′ 5″ northLongitude
-4.4641° or 4° 27′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C7QQG9P+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 8251924035OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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