Parkhead
Parkhead is a cape in Scotland, United Kingdom. Parkhead is situated nearby to the suburb Shettleston, as well as near the neighborhood Auchenshuggle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Celtic Park and Carntyne railway station.
Celtic Park
Stadium
Photo: Zhi Yong Lee, CC BY 2.0.
Celtic Park is a football stadium and the home of Scottish Premiership team Celtic, in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, Scotland. With a capacity of 60,832, it is the largest football stadium in Scotland, and the eighth-largest football stadium in the United Kingdom.
Carntyne railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carntyne railway station serves the Carntyne area of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 2¾ miles east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station on the North Clyde Line.
Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Stadium
Photo: Nicola, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Arena, is an indoor arena and velodrome in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parkhead and Shettleston.
Parkhead
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parkhead is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road and Westmuir Street.
Shettleston
Suburb
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shettleston is an area in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland.
Auchenshuggle
Neighborhood
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchenshuggle is an area of Glasgow in Scotland, to the south of Tollcross. It was the easternmost part of the Braidfauld Ward of the City of Glasgow, and has been in the larger Shettleston ward since 2007.
Parkhead
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.85° or 55° 51′ northLongitude
-4.18333° or 4° 11′ westElevation
102 feet (31 metres)Open location code
9C7QRRX8+XMGeoNames ID
2640606
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