museum
Riverside Museum
Glasgow's Zaha Hadid-designed transport museum on the Clyde, packed with classic cars, a recreated cobbled street of vintage vehicles, and the tall ship Glenlee moored outside.
22 km · about 25 min drive
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Chapelhall
Scotland, United Kingdom · Europe
About Chapelhall
Chapelhall is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Carfin, 31km from Stirling Castle.
Chapelhall is in Scotland, United Kingdom, with about 6,600 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Carfin, about 4 km away.
Chapelhall (from the Gaelic Seipeal Allt – Chapel by a burn) is a village outside the town of Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. With house building, the distinction between Airdrie and Chapelhall is being eroded. Established as a small mining village in the 19th century, it now has a population of overRead more
7,100.
Chapelhall is situated just off the M8 motorway 13 miles (21 kilometres) east of Glasgow city centre and around 33 miles (53 kilometres) west of Edinburgh. Chapelhall is also near to many of Lanarkshire's main towns, such as Bellshill (4 mi or 6 km), Coatbridge (5 mi or 8 km), Motherwell (5 mi or 8 km), Hamilton (7 mi or 11 km) and Cumbernauld (8 mi or 13 km), as well as being around three miles (five kilometres) from Airdrie town centre.
The Eurocentral freight village/industrial estate is just a mile or so away and employs people from around Lanarkshire, Glasgow and West Lothian. The rail-freight village links with Grangemouth docks 28 miles (45 km) away, (England to the south and beyond to mainland Europe).
Chapelhall lies on the opposite side of the North Calder Water from Calderbank. Iron working and coal mining were once prominent - with three blast furnaces working in the early 1830s. The old village also had a quarry, a brickworks and a bakery. The first curator of Kew Gardens, William Aiton, began work as a gardener in Woodhall House near Chapelhall. Three Celtic FC footballers came from the village, Thomas Curley, Lisbon Lions player John Clark, and Peter Grant.
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What is there to see near Chapelhall?
Within an hour or so of Chapelhall: Riverside Museum (22 km), The Kelpies (23 km), The Dunmore Pineapple (28 km), Stirling Castle (31 km).
Are there any good drives near Chapelhall?
The nearest famous roads are The Royal Mile, Rest and Be Thankful (A83) and Electric Brae.
Where is Chapelhall?
Chapelhall is in Scotland, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Carfin.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 6,560
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Scotland
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 55.8435, -3.9488
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Chapelhall
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
The Kelpies
Two 30-metre steel horse-head sculptures towering over the canal at Falkirk, a striking modern landmark off the M9.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
The Dunmore Pineapple
An outrageous 14m stone pineapple crowns this 1761 walled-garden folly, built for the Earl of Dunmore and rated among Britain's most eccentric buildings. Free to visit, hidden down a lane near Airth.
28 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Stirling Castle
One of Scotland's largest and most important castles, sitting atop Castle Hill and closely associated with Scottish independence.
31 km · about 35 min drive
photogenic
Culross
Scotland's most complete 17th-century burgh: ochre-coloured Culross Palace, cobbled wynds and white-harled cottages on the Firth of Forth, preserved by the National Trust. Doubles as Cranesmuir in Outlander.
31 km · about 35 min drive
film location
National Wallace Monument, Stirling (Braveheart)
The Victorian tower commemorating William Wallace overlooks the Stirling battlefield central to Braveheart's story; the film itself shot largely in Ireland.
33 km · about 40 min drive
bridge
Queensferry Crossing
The world's longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge, opened in 2017, carrying the M90 high over the Firth of Forth alongside its famous Victorian and 1960s neighbours: three centuries of bridges in one view.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Forth Bridge
UNESCO-listed Victorian cantilever railway bridge spanning the Firth of Forth, a masterwork of 19th-century engineering in 54,000 tonnes of steel.
39 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Chapelhall
- 38 kmQueensferry CrossingThe world's longest three-tower cable-stayed bridge, opened in 2017, carrying the M90 high over the Firth of Forth alongside its famous Victorian and 1960s neighbours: three centuries of bridges in one view.
- 49 kmThe Royal MileEdinburgh's historic spine of cobbled streets and closes linking the castle to Holyrood Palace, lined with landmarks.
- 49 kmCalton HillAn accessible hilltop crowned with neoclassical monuments, giving the classic skyline view of Edinburgh at sunset.
- 50 kmArthur's Seat, EdinburghAncient volcanic peak rising 251 metres in the heart of Edinburgh, offering panoramic city views from its dramatic summit.
- 69 kmRest and Be Thankful (A83)The famous climb out of Glen Croe in Argyll with the old military road beside it; landslide-prone but a spectacular gateway to the west coast.
- 71 kmRest and Be ThankfulA famous viewpoint at the top of Glen Croe where 18th-century soldiers carved the name into a stone after completing the military road.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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