Merkland Local Nature Reserve
Merkland Local Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Merkland Local Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the suburb Rosebank, as well as near Langmuir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Luggie Aqueduct and Lenzie railway station.
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 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.
Auld Aisle Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Martyn Gorman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Auld Aisle Cemetery is located in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The cemetery is protected as a category A listed building, and includes graves dating back to the eighteenth century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkintilloch and Kilsyth.
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.
Kilsyth
Photo: Excalibur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilsyth is a town on Clydeside, historically part of Lanarkshire, in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's 15 miles northeast of Glasgow near the watershed between the Clyde and Forth river catchments, at a point where the natural lowland routes become pinched between the Lanarkshire moors, the abrupt Campsie Fells, and sucking bogs.
Lenzie
Town
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lenzie is a small affluent town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area and the historic county of Dunbartonshire in Scotland.
Merkland Local Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.9407° or 55° 56′ 27″ northLongitude
-4.1232° or 4° 7′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C7QWVRG+7POpenStreetMap ID
way 170165644OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rosebank and Langmuir.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Merkland Outdoor Recreation Centre and Carmelite Monastery.
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