Muirhead woods

Muirhead woods is a forest in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Muirhead woods is situated nearby to the hamlet Staylee, as well as near Windyridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Greenfaulds railway station and Cumbernauld railway station.

Greenfaulds railway station

Railway station

Photo: Jim Smillie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Greenfaulds railway station serves the Greenfaulds area of the town of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is also within walking distance of the Lenziemill industrial estate, the Luggie Water and the Blairlinn industrial estate.

Cumbernauld railway station

Railway station

Photo: Euan Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cumbernauld railway station serves the town of Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Cumbernauld Line, 14 miles north east of Glasgow Queen Street station and the Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line, 11+3⁄4 miles north of Motherwell.

Greenfaulds High School

School

Photo: Hboyle1992, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Greenfaulds High School is a mixed, non-denominational six-year comprehensive secondary school. The original building was opened in 1971, while the new building was first opened to the public on 29 September 2016, and the old building has now been demolished.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cumbernauld and Airdrie.

Cumbernauld

Photo: Sarah McGuire, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cumbernauld is a town on Clydeside in central Scotland, 13 miles northeast of Glasgow, with a population of 50,500 in 2022. Its centre is a drab vista of 1960s "New Town" concrete plazas and shopping centres, and most visitors are just stopping over on the way to the Highlands.

Airdrie

Town

Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Airdrie is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on a plateau 400 ft above sea level, 12 miles east of Glasgow. In 2022, The town had a population of 35,846.

Wattston

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wattston is a village on the B803, west of Greengairs in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Between them Wattston and Greengairs have about 1,190 residents. It is around 4 km south of Cumbernauld, and 4 km north of Airdrie.

Muirhead woods

Type: Forest
Location: North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.9173° or 55° 55′ 2″ north

Longitude

-3.9684° or 3° 58′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C7RW28J+WJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 22879294

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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