Cardowan Moss Local Nature Reserve

Cardowan Moss Local Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Cardowan Moss Local Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the suburb Craigend, as well as near Garthamlock.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stepps railway station and Provan Hall.

Stepps railway station

Railway station

Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stepps railway station serves the town of Stepps, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The railway station is located on the Cumbernauld Line, 5¼ miles north east of Glasgow Queen Street and is managed by ScotRail.

Provan Hall

Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Provan Hall is a historic place composed of two buildings built about the 15th century and situated in Auchinlea Park, Easterhouse, Glasgow. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and leased by Glasgow City Council.

HM Prison Barlinnie

Prison

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HM Prison Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Prison Service and is located in the residential suburb of Riddrie, in the northeast of Glasgow, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkintilloch and Glasgow.

Kirkintilloch

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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.

Glasgow

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Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland on Clydeside 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.

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.

Cardowan Moss Local Nature Reserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.8801° or 55° 52′ 48″ north

Longitude

-4.1511° or 4° 9′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C7QVRJX+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 183442292

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Frankfield Loch and Stepps Playing Fields.

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