Cathcart
Cathcart is an area of Glasgow between Battlefield, Mount Florida, King's Park, Muirend and Newlands. The White Cart Water flows through Cathcart, downstream from Linn Park. In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive postcode areas to live in Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zeddy, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hampden Park and Cathcart railway station.
Hampden Park
Stadium
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hampden Park, currently known as Barclays Hampden for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football team.
Cathcart railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cathcart railway station is a railway station serving the Cathcart area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on the Cathcart Circle Line, 3.7 miles south of Glasgow Central.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Battlefield and Muirend.
Battlefield
Suburb
Battlefield is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde. The area takes its name from the Battle of Langside of 1568 in which Mary, Queen of Scots' army was defeated by forces acting in the name of her infant son, James VI.
Muirend
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muirend is an area on the South side of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated about 4 miles south of Glasgow city centre. Muirend became extensively urbanised in the 20th century, developing into a commuter suburb.
Simshill
Suburb
Simshill is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is on the South Side of the city, approximately 3.7 miles south of the city centre. Adjacent areas are Cathcart, King's Park, Croftfoot and Castlemilk.
Cathcart
- Type: Suburb
- Description: area of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.81699° or 55° 49′ 1″ northLongitude
-4.26242° or 4° 15′ 45″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
9C7QRP8Q+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 373086727OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Cathcart” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cathcart”
- Dutch: “Cathcart”
- Irish: “Coille Chart”
- Japanese: “キャスカート”
- Swedish: “Cathcart”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Cathcart”. Photo: Zeddy, Public domain.