Welcome to Visit Summerston Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Summerston
Visit Summerston places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Summerston places to visit. A unique way to experience Summerston’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Summerston as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Summerston is situated in the far north of Glasgow, Scotland. It is considered to be part of the larger Maryhill district, but has a different postcode. With most of the housing constructed in the 1970s, it is located in the north of the city. When you visit Summerston, Walkfo brings Summerston places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Summerston Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Summerston
Visit Summerston – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 140 audio plaques & Summerston places for you to explore in the Summerston area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Summerston places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Summerston history
The current Summerston railway station is about 1+1/2 miles (2.4 kilometres) south of the original one which was on the Kelvin Valley Railway. The original station was north and west of the River Kelvin, close to the Summerston Farm and Cottages and the site of a fortlet on the Antonine Wall. The slab, reminiscent of The Bridgeness Slab, depicts a helmeted horseman and naked captives.
Why visit Summerston with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Summerston places with Walkfo Summerston to hear history at Summerston’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Summerston has 140 places to visit in our interactive Summerston map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Summerston, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Summerston places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Summerston & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo: Visit Summerston Places Map
140 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
Summerston historic spots | Summerston tourist destinations | Summerston plaques | Summerston geographic features |
Walkfo Summerston tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Summerston |
Best Summerston places to visit
Summerston has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Summerston’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Summerston’s information audio spots:
Kelvinside
Kelvinside is situated north of the River Clyde and is bounded by Broomhill, Dowanhill and Hyndland. It is an affluent area of Glasgow, with large Victorian villas and terraces. As with Morningside, Edinburgh, residents are sometimes said to have a “pan loaf” accent.
Milton, Glasgow
Milton is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated north of the River Clyde. The housing scheme is about 2+1/2 miles (4 kilometres) north of Glasgow City Centre.
Bardowie Castle
Bardowie Castle is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of Milngavie, in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland . The A-Listed building overlooks Bardowy Loch .
Visit Summerston plaques
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here Summerston has 11 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Summerston plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Summerston using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Summerston plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.