National Museum of Rural Life
The National Museum of Rural Life, previously known as the Museum of Scottish Country Life, is based at Wester Kittochside farm, lying between East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire and Carmunnock in Glasgow. It is run by National Museums Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gordon McKinlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: national museum in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Address: East Kilbride
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wester Kittochside Farm and Mains Castle.
Wester Kittochside Farm
Farm
Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wester Kittochside Farm is situated 840 feet north of National Museum of Rural Life.
Mains Castle
Castle
Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mains Castle is a rectangular tower house dating from the fifteenth century, situated near East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. Mains Castle is situated 1¼ miles east of National Museum of Rural Life.
Hairmyres railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.
Hairmyres railway station is a railway station between the Hairmyres and Peel Park areas of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. Hairmyres railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of National Museum of Rural Life.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include College Milton and Carmunnock.
College Milton
Suburb
East Kilbride, often referred to as EK, is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland, and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. Historically a small village, it was designated Scotland's first "new town" on 6 May 1947, and thereafter widely expanded.
Carmunnock
Village
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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.
Stewartfield
Suburb
Stewartfield is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. There are no schools in Stewartfield, although there are two primary schools nearby on its south-eastern edge.
National Museum of Rural Life
- Categories: national museum and recreation area
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.77821° or 55° 46′ 42″ northLongitude
-4.22101° or 4° 13′ 16″ westOperator
National Museums ScotlandOpen location code
9C7QQQHH+7HOpenStreetMap ID
way 224416748OpenStreetMap feature
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Q1967487
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In Other Languages
From Danish to German—“National Museum of Rural Life” goes by many names.
- Danish: “National Museum of Rural Life”
- Dutch: “National Museum of Rural Life”
- Egyptian Arabic: “المتحف الوطنى للحياه الريفيه”
- French: “National Museum of Rural Life”
- German: “National Museum of Rural Life”
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Highlights include Castlehill and Former Horsemill.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “National Museum of Rural Life”. Photo: Gordon McKinlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.