Gallowgate
Gallowgate is a neighbourhood of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It takes its name from the major thoroughfare through the territory, which is part of the A89 road. Administratively, it is part of the Calton ward of the Glasgow City Council area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Gallowgate, Glasgow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Celtic Park and Bellgrove 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.
Bellgrove railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bellgrove Railway Station is in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, serving the city's Calton, Gallowgate and south Dennistoun neighbourhoods. The station is approximately 1 mile to the east of Glasgow Queen Street, and is managed by ScotRail.
St Mungo’s Academy
School
St Mungo's Academy is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, comprehensive, secondary school located in Gallowgate, Glasgow. The school was founded in 1858 by the Marist Brothers religious order.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camlachie and Calton.
Camlachie
Suburb
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Camlachie is an area of Glasgow in Scotland, located in the East End of the city, between Dennistoun to the north, and Bridgeton to the south. Formerly a weaving village on the Camlachie Burn, it then developed as an important industrial suburb from the late 19th century, only to almost entirely disappear from the landscape when those industries declined a century later.
Calton
Suburb
Photo: Thejohnfleming, CC BY 3.0.
Calton, known locally as The Calton, is a district in Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and just to the east of the city centre. Calton's most famous landmark is the Barras street market and the Barrowland Ballroom, one of Glasgow's principal musical venues.
Dennistoun
Suburb
Photo: Graeme Maclean, CC BY 2.0.
Dennistoun is a mostly residential district in Glasgow, Scotland, located north of the River Clyde and in the city's east end, about 1+1⁄4 miles east of the city centre.
Gallowgate
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.85455° or 55° 51′ 16″ northLongitude
-4.22074° or 4° 13′ 15″ westElevation
69 feet (21 metres)Open location code
9C7QVQ3H+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 10961751570OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“Gallowgate” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gallowgate (Glasgow)”
- Basque: “Gallowgate”
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Highlights include Gallowgate Park and Comely Park Grassland.
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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 “Gallowgate”. Photo: Ritchyblack, FAL.