- Elevation
- 44 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- GLA Glasgow Airport12 km
- PIK Glasgow Prestwick Airport46 km
About Townhead
Townhead is a neighbourhood. Location: Glasgow City, Scotland. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (12 km). Nearby sights include Heatherbank Museum of Scial Work and Museum of Piping.
Photos of Townhead
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Bait-ur-Rahman Richard Sutcliffe · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Glasgow Rangers Archibald99 · Public domain -
Firhill Stadium Andrew Hendo · CC BY-SA 3.0 -
Celtic Park Zhi Yong Lee from Glasgow, UK · CC BY 2.0 -
Hampden Park Dan Kearney, cropped by Blackcat · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Climate of Townhead
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 143 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 19°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- January (154 mm)
- Driest month
- April (65 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 18° | 16° | 12° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 3° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 154 | 106 | 116 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 75 | 91 | 125 | 146 | 143 | 141 |
How to get to Townhead
The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 12 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 1 km to the west.
Airports
- Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 12 kmwest
- Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 46 kmsouthwest
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 55 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 1 kmwest
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 66 kmeast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 103 kmnortheast
- Belfast Population: 348K 177 kmsouthwest
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 194 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Townhead
Within 100 km: 178 historic and cultural sites, 3,762 natural sites, 1,114 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km189 places
- Newshot Island Island 12 kmW
- Spiers Island Island 24 kmE
- Speirs Island Island 19 kmNE
- Long Loch Lake 18 kmSW
25–60 km1,330 places
- Great Cumbrae Island Island 44 kmW
- Ayr Beach Beach 51 kmSW
- Troon Beach Beach 45 kmSW
- Hunterston Sands Beach 44 kmW
60–100 km3,535 places
- Isle of Arran Island 70 kmSW
- Burntisland Beach Beach 67 kmE
- Cramond beach Beach 60 kmE
- Portobello Beach Beach 71 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Heatherbank Museum of Scial Work Museum, Glasgow City0.7 km W
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Museum of Piping Museum, Glasgow City1.1 km W
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Celtic Park Landmark, Glasgow City2.7 km SE
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People's Palace Museum, Glasgow City1.4 km S
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Firhill Stadium Landmark, Glasgow City2.8 km NW
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James Watt Statue Landmark, Glasgow City1.5 km S
Sources & licences
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