Contact us
We’re based on the Garscube Estate in Bearsden, on the north-west edge of Glasgow. Call or email us using the details below and we’ll pass your enquiry to the right team.
Get in touch
ADDRESS
Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute
Garscube Estate, Switchback Road
Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD
TELEPHONE
Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute
Director: Professor Owen Sansom, FRSE, FMedSci
Telephone: +44(0) 141 330 3953
Telephone: +44(0) 141 330 3953
School of Cancer Sciences
University of Glasgow
Telephone: +44(0) 141 330 4161
Telephone: +44(0) 141 330 4161
Find Us
The Institute is on the Garscube Estate, just off Switchback Road (A739) between Anniesland and Bearsden.
Visiting the Institute
When you arrive, please go to Reception to collect a visitor’s badge.
Badges must be worn visibly at all times while you’re in the building.
Tell security at the estate barrier you’re visiting the CRUK Scotland Institute, then follow signs to our car park..
Getting here
By car
From Glasgow Airport: M8 towards Glasgow, through the Clyde Tunnel to
Anniesland Cross, then follow signs for Bearsden. Turn right at the lights after the
canal and railway bridge.
Anniesland Cross, then follow signs for Bearsden. Turn right at the lights after the
canal and railway bridge.
From the south (M8): junction 17 (A82), along Great Western Road past the
Botanic Gardens, then bear right towards Bearsden.
Parking: visitor spaces in the Institute car park and at the rear of the building.
Train & bus
Train: Westerton station is a 15-minute walk away, with trains from Glasgow
Central and Queen Street.
Central and Queen Street.
Bus 15 (City Centre–Milngavie, hourly): ask for the “Farm Gate, Garscube Estate” stop.
Buses 17, 60, 60A via Maryhill Road, every 15 minutes. Bus 77 links the airport to the West End.
Taxi
From Glasgow Central or Queen Street:
about £10–12, 20–30 minutes.
about £10–12, 20–30 minutes.
From Glasgow Airport:
about £20–25, 20– 30 minutes.
Ask the driver for Reception at the CRUK
Scotland Institute, Garscube Estate.
Looking for the Beatson hospital?
Our research institute in Bearsden (formerly the CRUK Beatson Institute) is separate from the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, the hospital at Gartnavel. For patient enquiries, please contact the hospital directly.