Upper Glen Dam
Upper Glen Dam is a reservoir in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Upper Glen Dam is situated nearby to the suburb Nethercraigs, as well as near Glenburn.Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Alexandra Hospital and Barrhead railway station.
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Alex Mcnaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Royal Alexandra Hospital is the main hospital in Paisley serving a large catchment area stretching all the way to Oban and Argyll. The hospital is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Barrhead railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barrhead railway station is a railway station in the town of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line, 7+1⁄2 miles southwest of Glasgow Central.
Paisley Canal railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Paisley Canal railway station is a railway station in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paisley and Barrhead.
Paisley
Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paisley is a town in Renfrewshire, on Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 79,40 in 2020. It was a major centre for textiles, mass-producing "Paisley pattern" fabrics, though all the mills are long gone.
Barrhead
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barrhead is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, thirteen kilometres southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.
Neilston
Town
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Neilston is a village and parish in East Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is in the Levern Valley, two miles southwest of Barrhead, 3+3⁄4 miles south of Paisley, and 5+3⁄4 miles south-southwest of Renfrew, at the southwestern fringe of the Greater Glasgow conurbation.
Upper Glen Dam
- Type: Reservoir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8146° or 55° 48′ 53″ northLongitude
-4.4319° or 4° 25′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C7QRH79+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 24433097OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
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Localities in the Area
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