Pilmuir Quarry
Pilmuir Quarry is a military installation in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Pilmuir Quarry is situated nearby to Pilmuir Reservoir, as well as near the golf course East Renfrewshire Golf Club.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mearns Castle and Glasgow Reform Synagogue.
Mearns Castle
Castle
Photo: wrobison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mearns Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, south of Glasgow, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. The castle has been restored and is now part of the Maxwell Mearns Castle Church. Mearns Castle is situated 2 miles east of Pilmuir Quarry.
Glasgow Reform Synagogue
Synagogue
Glasgow Reform Synagogue is a Reform Jewish synagogue, located in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. The congregation is a member of the Movement for Reform Judaism and is the only Reform synagogue in Scotland. Glasgow Reform Synagogue is situated 1½ miles northeast of Pilmuir Quarry.
Patterton railway station
Railway station
Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Patterton railway station is a railway station serving the Patterton, Crookfur and Greenlaw areas of the town of Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire and the Deaconsbank and Jennylind areas of the Glasgow City council area, Scotland. Patterton railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Pilmuir Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newton Mearns and Auchenback.
Newton Mearns
Town
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newton Mearns is a suburban town and the largest settlement in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies 7 miles southwest of Glasgow City Centre on historically the main road to Ayrshire, 410 feet above sea level.
Auchenback
Suburb
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. Auchenback is situated 2½ miles north of Pilmuir Quarry.
Deaconsbank
Suburb
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Deaconsbank is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde. The main feature of the area, which falls into the Greater Pollok ward of Glasgow City Council and directly borders the East Renfrewshire council region, is an estate of around 639 private houses built in the late 1970s by Barratt Developments, prior to which the area was open farmland. Deaconsbank is situated 3 miles northeast of Pilmuir Quarry.
Pilmuir Quarry
Latitude
55.75927° or 55° 45′ 33″ northLongitude
-4.3591° or 4° 21′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C7QQJ5R+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 695684210OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=danger_area
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