Crookston

Crookston is a residential suburb on the southwestern edge of the city of , . Two distinct and geographically separate neighbourhoods about one mile apart on opposite sides of the White Cart Water are known by the Crookston name, owing to factors in their development.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Crookston, Glasgow”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crookston railway station and Rosshall Academy.

Railway station
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is a railway station in Crookston, a district of , . The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line which was reopened by British Rail, 41⁄2 miles west of .

School
is a secondary school in the area of , Scotland. The school was formed in August 1999 to merge Penilee Secondary School and Crookston Castle Secondary School and moved to a new building roughly equidistant between them on Crookston Road in 2002.

Castle
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined medieval castle in the area of , . It is located some five miles south-west of the city centre, on a hill overlooking the Levern Water, just before its confluence with the White Cart Water.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosshall and Hillington.

Quarter
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is an area in the south-west of , Scotland, within the Cardonald ward of Glasgow City Council. It has a fairly isolated location, with the White Cart Water forming a border to the south and east, the Paisley Canal Line railway to the north…

Suburb
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is an area on the southwestern edge of the Scottish city of comprising a residential neighbourhood and a large industrial suburb. While the residential area is wholly within Glasgow, the greater part of the industrial estate on the other side of the Inverclyde Line railway tracks falls under the jurisdiction of neighbouring , although uses a Glasgow postcode.

Suburb
is a small, middle-class, suburban settlement in , , being part of the greater town of Paisley. The district straddles the A761, the main dual-carriageway between Renfrewshire and the .

Crookston

Latitude
55.84432° or 55° 50′ 40″ north
Longitude
-4.36418° or 4° 21′ 51″ west
Open location code
9C7QRJVP+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 275236833
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q5187913
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Crookston” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Crookston (Glasgow)”
  • Basque: “Crookston”
  • Irish: “Baile Cruic”
  • Scots: “Crookston”
  • Scots: “Cruixtoun”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Cruic”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Our Lady & St George’s RC Church and Rosshall Academy Sports Ground.

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