Big Wood

Big Wood is a forest in , . Big Wood is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hampden Park and National Museum of Rural Life.

Stadium
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, currently known as Barclays Hampden for sponsorship reasons, is a football in the area of , Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football team.

Park
Photo: Gordon McKinlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The , previously known as the Museum of Scottish Country Life, is based at Wester Kittochside farm, lying between in and in . It is run by National Museums Scotland.

Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station in , Scotland, which lies close to the Glasgow City council area / South Lanarkshire boundary serving the area of the City of Glasgow and the Spittal and Bankhead areas of the town of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Kilbride and Rutherglen.

Photo: BAMC1961, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in the of , some 8 miles southeast of Glasgow, with a population of 75,310 in 2020. It's notorious for its "New Town" architecture, yet its main attraction is the Museum of Rural Life.

Town
Photo: BrainiacBlink, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland on in the Central Belt. Glasgow reinvented itself from the 1990s, one of the most successful examples in Britain, with a range of developments in industry, culture, cuisine and architecture.

Town
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of , Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th-largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a town hall, it may also be considered the largest village in Scotland.

Big Wood

Latitude
55.7999° or 55° 47′ 60″ north
Longitude
-4.2135° or 4° 12′ 49″ west
Open location code
9C7QQQXP+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 177009343
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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