Cathkin Braes
Cathkin Braes is an area of hills to the south east of the city of Glasgow, in Scotland. It lies to the south of Castlemilk and Rutherglen, to the east of Carmunnock, and south-west of Cambuslang.Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: hills to the south east of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cathkin Braes Country Park”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castlemilk High School and St Margaret Mary’s Secondary School.
Castlemilk High School
School
Castlemilk High School is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in Castlemilk, Glasgow, Scotland. It was established in 1990 from a merger of the district's two existing nondenominational high schools due to falling population figures, Glenwood Secondary and Grange Secondary. Castlemilk High School is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Cathkin Braes.
St Margaret Mary’s Secondary School
School
St Margaret Mary's Secondary School is a co-educational, Roman Catholic, comprehensive secondary school located in Castlemilk, Glasgow, Scotland. St Margaret Mary’s Secondary School is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Cathkin Braes.
Fernhill School
School
Fernhill School is a private Catholic school in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is co-educational and accepts pupils aged 2 to 18 years old. Fernhill School is situated 1 mile northeast of Cathkin Braes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlemilk and Carmunnock.
Castlemilk
Suburb
Photo: Paul Ashwin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlemilk is a district of Glasgow, Scotland. It lies to the south of the city, adjacent to Rutherglen, Croftfoot, Simshill and the separate village of Carmunnock.
Carmunnock
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carmunnock is a conservation village situated within the Glasgow City council area, lying within three miles of East Kilbride and Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire and Busby in East Renfrewshire. The nearest other district within Glasgow is Castlemilk.
Fernhill
Suburb
Photo: Graham Crowe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fernhill is a residential neighbourhood in the Scottish town of Rutherglen in South Lanarkshire; it is situated south of the River Clyde and borders the Rutherglen neighbourhoods of High Burnside to the north and Cathkin to the east, the Glasgow district of Castlemilk to the west, and the open lands of Fernbrae Meadows to the south.
Cathkin Braes
- Categories: hill and recreation area
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.79727° or 55° 47′ 50″ northLongitude
-4.22185° or 4° 13′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C7QQQWH+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 177010575OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q5053038
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In Other Languages
“Cathkin Braes” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cathkin Braes”
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