Cranhill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lightburn Hospital and St Andrew’s Secondary School.
Lightburn Hospital
Hospital
Lightburn Hospital is a health facility in Carntyne Road, Glasgow, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
St Andrew’s Secondary School
School
St Andrew's Secondary School is an 11–18 mixed, Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Glasgow, Scotland. Its catchment area includes much of the East End of the city, including such districts as Baillieston, Craigend, Cranhill, Easterhouse, Greenfield, Shettleston, Tollcross and Wellhouse.
HM Prison Barlinnie
Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Ruchazie.
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.
Ruchazie
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ruchazie is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated to the north-east of the city, bordered by Craigend and Garthamlock to the east and the open ground of Hogganfield Park and Lethamhill Golf Course to the north.
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
- Type: Suburb with 4,600 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
55.86511° or 55° 51′ 54″ northLongitude
-4.16594° or 4° 9′ 57″ westPopulation
4,600Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)Open location code
9C7QVR8M+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 944972508OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13266754Wikidata ID
Q5182117
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Cranhill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cranhill”
- Japanese: “クランヒル”
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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 “Cranhill”. Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.