Barrhead

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Barrhead

Total population

17,268

Coordinates55.80°, -4.39°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Barrhead is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, thirteen kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Alexander King

British chemist and environmentalist (1909-2007)

Frankie Boyle

British comedian

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Eddie Duffy

British musician

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William Collins

Scottish schoolmaster and publisher, founder of William Collins, Sons (1789-1853)

William Carstares

Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1649-1715)

Alan Sked

former Leader of the UK Independence Party (born 1947)

Alec Brady

Scottish footballer (1865-1913)

Billy Agnew

Footballer (1898-?)

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Billy Thomson

Scottish footballer (1958–2023)

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Colin Brown

Royal Air Force air marshal (1898-1965)

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Dave King

British businessman

David Cossgrove

New Zealand military officer

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David Murray

former Scottish footballer who played as a defender (1882-1915)

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James Couper Brash

British anatomist and embryologist (1886–1958)

James Maxton

British politician (1885-1946)

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Robert Franklin Muirhead

Scottish mathematician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Netherplace
  2.3 mi away
• Millhall
  7 mi away
• North Blochairn
  11.7 mi away
• Crookedholm
  13.9 mi away
• Fairlie
  18.4 mi away
• Caldercruix
  20.4 mi away
• Castlecary
  21.1 mi away
• Braeface
  21.9 mi away
• Allandale
  22.2 mi away · pop. 289
• Binniehill
  23.4 mi away
• Blairston Mains
  28.4 mi away
• Invertrossachs
  28.8 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Barrhead

Historic Barrhead

E. Patricia Dennison · 2007

Barrhead and Eaglesham

Ordnance Survey · 1981

The Economic Geology of the Central Coalfield of Scotland

Lionel Wordsworth Hinxman · 2016

Burgh of Barrhead, Renfrewshire

1972

Discover Barrhead & Neilston

Moira Burgess · 1992

Mine ain grey toon

James McWhirter · 1970

History of Barrhead Co-operative Society Limited

Robert Murray · 1911

The object and principles of voluntaries vindicated

A. Harvey · 1836

Search results from Open Library.

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