Places to explore near Bishopbriggs StationBishopbriggs

Medieval cathedral surviving the Reformation.

4.6 km S

George Gilbert Scott Gothic Revival Scottish Episcopal cathedral in the West End with a 63-metre spire.

4.6 km SW

West End botanic gardens famous for the Kibble Palace, a Victorian glasshouse of tree ferns and marble sculpture.

5 km SW

A coast-to-coast across Scotland's waist, from Helensburgh to the conservationist's birthplace at Dunbar.

6.1 km NE · spans 9 counties

Wooded ravine with waterfalls in the Campsie Fells above Lennoxtown, a popular short walk.

8.2 km N

Sixty-six miles of canal towpath coast to coast across central Scotland, from Bowling on the Clyde to Edinburgh

1.6 km N · spans 7 counties

Scotland's coast-to-coast canal of 1790, reopened in 2001 and turned by the Falkirk Wheel and the Kelpies into modern landmarks.

1.6 km N · spans 5 counties

Bar, restaurant and venue in a converted West End church at the top of Byres Road, with a Alasdair Gray ceiling mural and 150-plus malts.

5 km SW

Family-run Hope Street whisky bar stocking hundreds of single malts, a Glasgow classic.

5 km SW

Merchant City pub and hotel built on the site of an old monastery, known for folk music sessions and a beer garden.

5.2 km S

Stone-walled Byres Road pub with an open fire, the oldest pub on the street with a history back to the 17th century.

5.3 km SW

One of Glasgow's oldest pubs near the river, a low-ceilinged folk and poetry haunt dating from the 18th century.

5.6 km S

Forty miles up the River Clyde from central Glasgow to New Lanark and the Falls of Clyde

5.7 km S · South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire & Glasgow