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Photo of Whitelee Windfarm, a visitor attraction near Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire, central Scotland.

Whitelee Windfarm© Alec MacKinnon / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near Busby StationBusby

35 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 Cathkin Braes Country Park, a country park near Eaglesham, South Lanarkshire, southern Scotland.Highlight

Cathkin Braes Country Park

Country park near Eaglesham

Glasgow's highest point at 200m on the city's southern edge, with panoramic views and Commonwealth Games mountain-bike trails.

3.5 km E

Photo of Pollok Country Park, a garden in Glasgow, central Scotland.Highlight

Pollok Country Park

Garden near Glasgow

Glasgow's largest park, wooded parkland with walled gardens, Highland cattle, Pollok House and the Burrell Collection.

6.1 km NW

Photo of Whitelee Windfarm, a visitor attraction near Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire, central Scotland.Highlight

Whitelee Windfarm

Attraction near Eaglesham

The UK's largest onshore windfarm on Eaglesham Moor, with a visitor centre and 130km of open trails.

9.1 km SW

Photo of Glasgow Cathedral, a cathedral in Glasgow, central Scotland.Highlight

Glasgow Cathedral

Cathedral near Glasgow

Medieval cathedral surviving the Reformation.

9.4 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Thorntonhall Farmhouse Ice Cream

Farm & farm shop near Thorntonhall

South Lanarkshire dairy producing real dairy ice cream and fruit sorbets sold at local farm shops.

1.2 km SW

Greenbank Garden

Garden near Clarkston

National Trust for Scotland 2.5-acre 18th-century walled garden at Clarkston with over 3,600 plant species.

2.1 km W

Rouken Glen Park

Garden near Giffnock

Historic 143-acre park south of Glasgow with a walled garden, waterfall and glen walks.

3.2 km NW

Photo of Eaglesham, a village in East Renfrewshire, central Scotland.

Eaglesham

Village

Planned 18th-century conservation village in East Renfrewshire, laid out around a triangular green called the Orry.

4.5 km S · East Renfrewshire

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

6.4 km NE · South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire & Glasgow

The Hidden Gardens

Garden near Glasgow

Award-winning sanctuary garden behind the Tramway arts venue in Pollokshields.

6.7 km N

Photo of Calderglen Country Park, a garden near East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, southern Scotland.

Calderglen Country Park

Garden near East Kilbride

East Kilbride country park with ornamental gardens, a tropical glasshouse, children's zoo and gorge walks.

7.8 km E

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

Bellahouston Park

Garden near Glasgow

169-acre Southside park with the Sunken Garden, walled displays and the Mackintosh-designed House for an Art Lover.

8 km NW

Photo of The Clutha, a pub in Glasgow, central Scotland.

The Clutha

Pub near Glasgow

Riverside Stockwell Street music pub, a long-standing Glasgow live-music institution.

8.3 km N

Everything else within 10 km (22) — 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.