Kingston
Kingston is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, from which the Kingston Bridge takes its name. Together with Ibrox, it forms one of the 56 neighbourhoods of Glasgow defined by Glasgow City Council for operational purposes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kingston, Glasgow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Scotland Street School Museum and Glasgow Central Station.
Scotland Street School Museum
Museum
Photo: Finlay McWalter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scotland Street School Museum is a museum of school education in Glasgow, Scotland, in the district of Kingston. It is located in a former school designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903 and 1906.
Glasgow Central Station
Railway station
Photo: Robinson3048, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glasgow Central, usually referred to in Scotland as just Central or Central Station, is one of two principal main line rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland.
Kingston Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kingston Bridge is a balanced cantilever dual-span ten lane road bridge made of triple-cell segmented prestressed concrete box girders crossing the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tradeston and Kinning Park.
Tradeston
Suburb
Photo: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tradeston is a small district in the Scottish city of Glasgow adjacent to the city centre on the south bank of the River Clyde. The name reflected its role as a primarily dockland area with a large number of warehouses and wharves along the riverside were vessels would be unloaded.
Kinning Park
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinning Park is a southern suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It was formerly a separate police burgh between 1871 and 1905 before being absorbed by the city. In 1897, it had a population of 14,326.
Plantation
Suburb
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plantation is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated south of the River Clyde and is part of the former Burgh of Govan. It lies approximately between the areas of Cessnock and Ibrox to the west, Kingston to the east, and Kinning Park to the south.
Kingston
- Category: locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.8523° or 55° 51′ 8″ northLongitude
-4.26982° or 4° 16′ 11″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C7QVP2J+W3OpenStreetMap ID
node 6388732822OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
“Kingston” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “金斯頓”
- Chinese: “金斯顿”
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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 “Kingston”. Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.