Places to explore near Hillfoot StationHillfoot

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

4.8 km S

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

5.9 km SE

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

6.8 km N · spans 9 counties

Lowland distillery on the western edge of Glasgow, uniquely triple-distilling all its spirit, with tours 25 minutes by train from the city.

7.3 km W

Medieval cathedral surviving the Reformation.

8.3 km SE

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

9.7 km NE

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

2 km SW · 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.

2 km SW · spans 5 counties

Scotland's classic walk — from the edge of Glasgow along Loch Lomond and over Rannoch Moor to the foot of Ben Nevis.

2.4 km N · spans 4 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.

5.1 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.

5.2 km S

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

6.1 km S · South Lanarkshire, North Lanarkshire & Glasgow