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Photo of Strathclyde Country Park, a country park near Bothwell, North Lanarkshire, central Scotland.

Strathclyde Country Park© M J Richardson / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Blairhill StationBlairhill

16 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Strathclyde Country Park, a country park near Bothwell, North Lanarkshire, central Scotland.Highlight

Strathclyde Country Park

Country park near Bothwell

Large North Lanarkshire park around a man-made loch with watersports, a Roman bathhouse and Scotland's biggest theme park.

7.9 km S

Photo along the John Muir Way, a long-distance trail running from Helensburgh to Dunbar, Scotland.Highlight

John Muir Way

Scotland's Great Trail

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

10 km NW · spans 9 counties

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Clyde Walkway, a long-distance trail running from Glasgow to New Lanark, Scotland.

Clyde Walkway

Scotland's Great Trail

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

5.8 km SW · South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire & Glasgow

Photo of Bothwell Castle, a ruined castle in South Lanarkshire, southern Scotland.

Bothwell Castle

Castle near Bothwell

A medieval castle in South Lanarkshire.

7.1 km SW

Photo of Tollcross Park, a garden in Glasgow, central Scotland.

Tollcross Park

Garden near Glasgow

East End Victorian park internationally known for its rose garden and restored Winter Gardens glasshouse.

8.8 km W

Photo of the Forth & Clyde Canal, a 35-mile canal running from Grangemouth to Bowling, central Scotland.

Forth & Clyde Canal

Canal

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

9.9 km NW · spans 5 counties

Photo along the Forth & Clyde and Union Canal Towpath, a long-distance trail running from Bowling to Edinburgh, central Scotland.

Forth & Clyde and Union Canal Towpath

Scotland's Great Trail

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

10 km NW · spans 7 counties

Everything else within 10 km (9) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.