Carntyne
Carntyne is a suburban district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and in the east end of the city. it has formed the core of the East Centre ward under Glasgow City Council, which also includes the neighbouring Riddrie and Cranhill areas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
HM Prison Barlinnie
Prison
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HM Prison Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Prison Service and is located in the residential suburb of Riddrie, in the northeast of Glasgow, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lightburn and Greenfield.
Lightburn
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lightburn is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. It takes its name from the Light Burn which flows through the area, mostly in culvert.
Greenfield
Suburb
Greenfield is a neighbourhood in the east end of the Scottish city of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde. The estate was built on the grounds of Greenfield House which was demolished to make way for the new scheme which was built in the 1960s.
Cranhill
Suburb
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Cranhill is an inner city district and housing scheme in the north east of Glasgow, Scotland. Cranhill was developed from public funding in the early 1950s and was originally, chiefly composed of four-storey tenement blocks surrounding a patch of grassland, which became Cranhill Park.
Carntyne
- Type: Suburb with 2,400 residents
- Description: district in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86149° or 55° 51′ 41″ northLongitude
-4.18209° or 4° 10′ 56″ westPopulation
2,400Elevation
135 feet (41 metres)Open location code
9C7QVR69+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 944971730OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
2657249Wikidata ID
Q5044174
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Carntyne” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carntyne”
- Irish: “Càrn an Teine”
- Irish: “Càrn-Tìn”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include High Carntyne Parish Church and Edinburgh Road Post Office.
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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 “Carntyne”. Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.