River Kelvin
River Kelvin is a river in Glasgow City, Scotland. River Kelvin is situated nearby to the hamlet Millichen, as well as near the suburb Summerston.Places of Interest
Highlights include Antonine Wall and Maryhill railway station.
Antonine Wall
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Maryhill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maryhill railway station is a railway station serving the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Maryhill Line, 4+3⁄4 miles northwest of Glasgow Queen Street, a short distance east of Maryhill Viaduct and Maryhill Park Junction.
Hillfoot railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bearsden and Milngavie.
Bearsden
Photo: Wikiwayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Milngavie
Photo: Andy Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milngavie is a town in Clydeside in the Central Belt of Scotland. With a population of just under 13,000 in 2022, it's a commuter and retirement town for Glasgow six miles to the southwest.
Glasgow
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland on Clydeside in the Central Belt. Glasgow reinvented itself from the 1990s, one of the most successful examples in Britain, with a range of developments in industry, culture, cuisine and architecture.
River Kelvin
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.9151° or 55° 54′ 54″ northLongitude
-4.2841° or 4° 17′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C7QWP88+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 784541015OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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