The Whins
The Whins is a cliff in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Whins is situated nearby to the forest The Pinies, as well as near the park John Struthers Nature Area (Blackbraes Meadow).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East Kilbride railway station and Mains Castle.
East Kilbride railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Kilbride railway station serves the town of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and it is a terminus on the former Busby Railway. The station is 11+1⁄2 miles southeast of Glasgow Central. East Kilbride railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of The Whins.
Mains Castle
Castle
Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mains Castle is a rectangular tower house dating from the fifteenth century, situated near East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building. Mains Castle is situated 1¼ miles west of The Whins.
St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride
Church
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Bride's Roman Catholic Church is located in East Kilbride in Scotland. It was designed by the architects Gillespie, Kidd and Coia and built between 1959 and 1964. St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride is situated 1 mile south of The Whins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nerston and East Mains.
Nerston
Village
Nerston is a village situated on the northern green-belt boundary of the new town of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
East Mains
Suburb
East Mains is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. It lies to the north of the town centre and the Village, between West Mains and Calderwood.
The Village
Suburb
'The Village' is the modern but long-established and formal name for the oldest known nucleus of settlement in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
The Whins
- Type: Cliff
- Category: landform
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.7764° or 55° 46′ 35″ northLongitude
-4.1604° or 4° 9′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C7QQRGQ+HROpenStreetMap ID
way 942867471OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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