Barrhead
Sign in to saveBarrhead (, ) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Barrhead
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Ceann a' Bharra
- UK place.scots_name
- Baurheid
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS505585
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.pushpin_map
- Scotland East Renfrewshire#Scotland Glasgow
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Renfrewshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Renfrewshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- East Renfrewshire
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Renfrewshire South
- UK place.post_town
- GLASGOW
- UK place.postcode_district
- G78
- UK place.postcode_area
- G
- UK place.dial_code
- 0141
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 48
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 344
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Barrhead (, ) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.
== History == thumb|left|Map of Barrhead published in 1923 Barrhead was formed when a series of small textile-producing villages (Barrhead, Arthurlie, Grahamston and Gateside) gradually grew into one another to form one continuous town. According to local historian James McWhirter, the name "Barrhead" first appeared in 1750. Glanderston House, to the south, at one time belonged to the Stewart kings of Scotland.