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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bishopbriggs

  

Bishopbriggs Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bishopbriggs

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Bishopbriggs history

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Bishopbriggs was first documented in the Cadder Parish records of 1655. It was recorded to have had only eleven residents in the mid-18th century. Cadder was a Roman fort on the Antonine Wall, the furthest and most northerly boundary of the Roman Empire.

19th-century development

With the completion of the Forth and Clyde Canal in 1790, the area began to attract ironstone and coal mining industry . The Carron Company, became the area’s main employer, building the mining villages of Mavis Valley and Jellyhill to accommodate its workers .

20th-century development

Glasgow tramway network extended north from Springburn to Bishopbriggs in 1903 . All trams required to switch tracks (and direction) at a central crossover proved dangerous . The tracks were eventually relocated and a new crossover created in a short spur . The tram service ceased across Glasgow in 1962 .

You can visit Bishopbriggs places with Walkfo Bishopbriggs to hear history at Bishopbriggs’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bishopbriggs has 61 places to visit in our interactive Bishopbriggs 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 Bishopbriggs, 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 Bishopbriggs places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bishopbriggs & the surrounding areas.

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61 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Bishopbriggs tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bishopbriggs

  

Best Bishopbriggs places to visit

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Bishopbriggs has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bishopbriggs’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bishopbriggs’s information audio spots:

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.

Gadloch The Gadloch (also colloquially referred to as Lenzie Loch) is a fresh water loch in North Lanarkshire, Scotland . To the south of the loch is the small village of Auchinloch, the village’s name means “Field of the Loch”

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