The Thistle

Places of Interest Nearby

Celtic Park

Stadium

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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. Celtic Park is situated 1,800 feet west of The Thistle.

The Forge Shopping Centre

Shopping center

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The Forge Shopping Centre is in the East End of Glasgow, in Parkhead. The shopping centre bore the name from the former William Beardmore and Company steel works site, which had closed in 1983. The Forge Shopping Centre is situated 820 feet northwest of The Thistle.

Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

Stadium

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The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, known as the Glasgow International Arena, is an indoor arena and velodrome in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland. Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome is situated 2,700 feet southwest of The Thistle.

Places in the Area

Parkhead

Suburb

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Parkhead is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road and Westmuir Street.

Newbank

Suburb

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Newbank is a neighbourhood in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, near the home ground of Celtic F.C. It sits just north of the River Clyde, adjacent to Parkhead, and is bounded to the south by London Road.

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.

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