Boclair Academy

Boclair Academy, a co-educational comprehensive secondary school located in the Greater Glasgow suburb of Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, serves pupils aged 11 to 18 from Southern Bearsden, Westerton and Torrance.

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Email: office@boclair.e-dunbarton.sch.uk
Type: School
Description: secondary school in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
Address: Inveroran Drive, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 2PL

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Antonine Wall and Glasgow Golf Club.

Antonine Wall

Ruins

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The Antonine Wall was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Antonine Wall is situated 2,600 feet northwest of Boclair Academy.

Glasgow Golf Club

Golf course

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Glasgow Golf Club, founded in May 1787, is the ninth oldest golf club in the world. It has changed location several times during its history, but has been based at Killermont in Bearsden since 21 May 1904. Glasgow Golf Club is situated 2,400 feet south of Boclair Academy.

Hillfoot railway station

Railway station

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Hillfoot railway station is a railway station in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire near Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines. Hillfoot railway station is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Boclair Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Summerston and Bearsden.

Summerston

Suburb

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Summerston is a residential area of Glasgow, Scotland. With most of the housing constructed in the 1970s, it is situated in the far north of the city and is considered to be part of the larger Maryhill district, but has a different postcode; other nearby neighbourhoods are Gilshochill to the south and Cadder to the south-east.

Bearsden

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Bearsden is a town 6 miles northwest of Glasgow in East Dunbartonshire on Clydeside, with a population of 28,500 in 2022. The main reason to visit is the Roman bath house, built in the brief period when the Romans occupied the Antonine Wall.

Gilshochill

Quarter

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Gilshochill is located to the north west of Maryhill in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Immediately north of Maryhill basin and Maryhill locks, it is the district where the Bowling and Port Dundas branches of the Forth and Clyde Canal meet at Stockingfield Junction. Gilshochill is situated 1½ miles south of Boclair Academy.