Pollok
Pollok is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crookston Castle and Mosspark railway station.
Crookston Castle
Castle
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crookston Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the Pollok area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located some five miles south-west of the city centre, on a hill overlooking the Levern Water, just before its confluence with the White Cart Water.
Mosspark railway station
Railway station
Photo: 20Panorama15, CC0.
Mosspark railway station serves the Pollok and Cardonald areas of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¾ miles west of Glasgow Central and is managed by ScotRail.
Corkerhill railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corkerhill railway station serves the Corkerhill and Mosspark neighbourhoods of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¼ miles west of Glasgow Central.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Househillwood and Corkerhill.
Househillwood
Suburb
Househillwood is a residential neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, situated in the south-west of the city.
Corkerhill
Suburb
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corkerhill is a neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, southwest of the city centre. The area was originally a farm and a few houses built for workers of the Glasgow and South Western Railway at the Corkerhill Depot.
Roughmussel
Quarter
Roughmussel is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde near to the city boundaries with East Renfrewshire to the south and Renfrewshire to the west.
Pollok
- Type: Suburb
- Description: housing estate and settlement on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.83073° or 55° 49′ 51″ northLongitude
-4.34736° or 4° 20′ 51″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9C7QRMJ3+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 946649505OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Scottish Gaelic—“Pollok” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Pollok”
- Basque: “Pollok”
- Irish: “Pollag”
- Japanese: “ポロック”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Pollag”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pollok”. Photo: Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0.