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.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Lightburn Hospital and St Andrew’s Secondary School.
Lightburn Hospital
Hospital
Lightburn Hospital is a health facility in Carntyne Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lightburn and Ruchazie.
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″ north
Longitude
-4.16594° or 4° 9′ 57″ west
Population
4,600
Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)
Open location code
9C7QVR8M+2J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Cranhill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cranhill”
- Japanese: “クランヒル”
- Urdu: “کرین ہل”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Carntyne and Springboig.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Cranhill Beacon and Cranhill Park.
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Worth a closer look: Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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