Balmore railway station

Balmore railway station was opened in 1879 on the Kelvin Valley Railway and served the coal mining area, farms and the village of Balmore in East Dunbartonshire until 1951 for passengers, and to freight on 31 July 1961.

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Balmore

Balmore (from the Scottish Gaelic "Baile Mòr" meaning a large settlement) is a small village formerly in the county of Stirlingshire, but now lies in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, located 1 km west of Torrance and 5 km east of Milngavie. To the south of Balmore lies The Balmore Haughs and the River Kelvin, which flows east–west before turning south and joining the River Clyde. To the south of the River Kelvin and north of the Forth & Clyde Canal lie several Imperial Roman archaeological sites. The remains of part of the Antonine Wall run east–west, and along it two Roman forts, one Roman fortlet and a Roman camp can all be found within 2 km of Balmore. Balmore appears on The Coal Authority's gazetteer of places where a Coal Mining Search is required in regard to property transactions. Balmore was part of the vast earldom of the Barony of Mugdock. Was appointed barony in 27 December 1253 by Alexander III of Scotland the first Baron was Patrick of Graham. In 1478 the title passed to William Graham, member of a noble family coming from Verre, France. The title was owned by the family of de Verre until 1823 when James de Graham twelfth Baron of Mugdock, ceded the title to John MacAdam. The ancestors of Mr. MacAdam is Hamilton; the property remained at the Hamilton family until 2015, when August MacAdam of Hamilton fifteenth Baron of Mugdock ceded the title to an Italian family Silighini. The village and area was served by the North British Railway with Balmore railway station located on the Kelvin Valley Railway from 1879 to 1951, complete closure taking place under British Railways in 1961 with the closure of the Balmore Colliery.

Cawder Golf Club

Cawder Golf Club is a golf course in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The 6,297 yard Championship course was designed by James Braid in the 1930s. The course has undergone several refurbishments since its inception, most recently in 1981. A smaller course, the Keir course also exists at the club. The course hosted the 1987 and 1988 Bowring Ladies Scottish Opens. In 2025, the course hosted the Cawder 36-hole Challenge. The property is owned by Derwent London. The golf club lies on the grounds of Cawder House, built in 1814. The historic property sits on the site of the former Castle of Cadder. A courtyard stable complex, built in the early 19th century, also exists on the site and is named to the Buildings at Risk register. The Forth and Clyde Canal runs adjacent to the property. In 2015, the body of a man was recovered from the water near the property. In 2022, a man went into the water from the course and later died after getting into difficulty.

Bardowie railway station

Bardowie railway station was opened in 1905 on the Kelvin Valley Railway, later than most of the other stations which had opened with the line itself in 1879. It served the hamlet of Bardowie and the coal mining area, farms, etc. in East Dunbartonshire until 1931 for passengers and to freight on 31 July 1961.

Wilderness Plantation

Wilderness Plantation was the site of a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. The line of the Antonine Wall runs roughly parallel between the River Kelvin to the north and the Forth and Clyde Canal to the south. The site, like several others along the wall and beyond, was found by aerial photography, this discovery being reported in October 1965. Following this Wilkes excavated in that year and the following one. He approved of the term "interval fortlet" to describe this and other fortlets like Duntocher and Glasgow Bridge. The neighbouring forts to this fortlet are Balmuildy in the west and Cadder in the east. No coinage has been recovered nor are there any inscriptions from the fortlet although a single coin was picked up at Wilderness West. Many Roman forts along the wall held garrisons of around 500 men. Larger forts like Castlecary and Birrens had a nominal cohort of 1000 men but probably sheltered women and children as well although the troops were not allowed to marry. There is likely too to have been large communities of civilians around the site.