Cowlairs
Cowlairs is an area in the Scottish city of Glasgow, part of the wider Springburn district of the city. It is situated north of the River Clyde, between central Springburn to the east and Possilpark to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Springburn railway station and Firhill Stadium.
Springburn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springburn railway station serves the Springburn district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1+1⁄4 miles north of Glasgow Queen Street station on the Cumbernauld Line and is a terminus of the Springburn branch, a spur from Bellgrove station, on the North Clyde Line.
Firhill Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Big Jim Fae Scotland, Public domain.
Firhill Stadium, also known as Wyre Stadium at Firhill for sponsorship reasons, is a football and former rugby union, rugby league and greyhound racing stadium located in the Maryhill area of Glasgow, Scotland which has been the home of Partick Thistle since 1909.
Petershill Park
Sports venue
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petershill Park is a leisure centre and football stadium located in the Springburn suburb of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. It has a third generation full-size outdoor football pitch, and has floodlights.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Springburn and Possilpark.
Springburn
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springburn is an inner-city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, made up of generally working-class households. Springburn developed from a rural hamlet at the beginning of the 19th century.
Possilpark
Suburb
Photo: Daniel Naczk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Possilpark, colloquially known as Possil, is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated north of the River Clyde and centred around Saracen Street.
Sighthill
Suburb
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sighthill is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde and is part of the wider Springburn district in the north of the city.
Cowlairs
- Type: Quarter
- 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
55.88215° or 55° 52′ 56″ northLongitude
-4.2385° or 4° 14′ 19″ westElevation
190 feet (58 metres)Open location code
9C7QVQJ6+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 3818025775OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Cowlairs” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cowlairs”
- French: “Cowlairs”
- Japanese: “カウレア”
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