Parkhead

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.

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 60,411, 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.

Tollcross International Swimming Centre

Sports venue

Photo: Daniel, CC BY 2.0.

The Tollcross International Swimming Centre is a swimming pool and leisure centre in Glasgow. It hosted the Swimming events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and hosted it once more in 2026.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shettleston and Auchenshuggle.

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
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Latitude

55.85° or 55° 51′ north

Longitude

-4.18333° or 4° 11′ west

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

Open location code

9C7QRRX8+XM

GeoNames ID

2640606

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