Lenzie Moss

Lenzie Moss is a local nature reserve in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is a boggy, marshy area that has not been built on. The reserve comprises lowland raised bogs, which were extensively exploited for peat, and now feature the characteristics of peat cutting, and several acres of deciduous woodland mainly made up of silver birch.

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Type: Nature reserve
Description: nature reserve in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Lenzie Moss Nature Reserve”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lenzie railway station and Luggie Aqueduct.

Lenzie railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lenzie railway station is a railway station serving Lenzie and Kirkintilloch in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is located on the Croy Line, 6+1⁄4 miles northeast of Glasgow Queen Street.

Luggie Aqueduct

Bridge

Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Luggie Aqueduct carries the Forth & Clyde Canal over the Luggie Water at Kirkintilloch, to the north of Glasgow. It is a Category A listed building.

Lenzie Old Parish Church

Church

Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lenzie Old Parish Church is a listed church in the town of Lenzie in Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The church, originally a chapel of ease, was completed in 1874.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkintilloch and Bishopbriggs.

Kirkintilloch

Photo: StaraBlazkova, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kirkintilloch is an industrial town in the Clydeside area of central Scotland, with a population in 2022 of 20,000. It's about 8 miles northeast of central Glasgow, on the Forth and Clyde Canal.

Bishopbriggs

Town

Photo: Raymond Okonski, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bishopbriggs is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately 4 miles from the city centre.

Lenzie

Town

Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lenzie is a small town, by the Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Dunbartonshire in Scotland. It is about 6 miles north-east of Glasgow city centre and 1 mile south of Kirkintilloch.

Lenzie Moss

Category: recreation area
Location: East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.9212° or 55° 55′ 16″ north

Longitude

-4.1634° or 4° 9′ 48″ west

Open location code

9C7QWRCP+FJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 119398572

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q6523451

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lenzie Rugby Football Club and Lenzie Library.

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