Simshill
Simshill is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is on the South Side of the city, approximately 3.7 miles south of the city centre. Adjacent areas are Cathcart, King's Park, Croftfoot and Castlemilk.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hampden Park and Cathcart Castle.
Hampden Park
Stadium
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hampden Park, currently known as Barclays Hampden for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football team.
Cathcart Castle
Castle
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Cathcart Castle was a 15th-century castle, located in what is now Linn Park in the Cathcart area of southern Glasgow, Scotland. The castle was abandoned in the 18th century, and the remaining ruins were pulled down in 1980, leaving only foundations visible.
King’s Park Secondary School
School
King's Park Secondary School, on Fetlar Drive, in the King's Park area of south Glasgow, is a Scottish non-denominational state school. It was established in 1962.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cathcart and Croftfoot.
Cathcart
Suburb
Photo: Zeddy, Public domain.
Cathcart is an area of Glasgow between Battlefield, Mount Florida, King's Park, Muirend and Newlands. The White Cart Water flows through Cathcart, downstream from Linn Park. In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive postcode areas to live in Scotland.
Croftfoot
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croftfoot is a residential area on the southeastern side of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is bordered by Castlemilk to the south and King's Park to the west within Glasgow, and by the Rutherglen areas of Spittal to the east and Bankhead to the north.
King’s Park
Suburb
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
King's Park is a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated south of the River Clyde and borders the Glasgow areas of Croftfoot, Cathcart, Simshill, Mount Florida and Toryglen and the neighbourhood of Bankhead in the adjoining town of Rutherglen.
Simshill
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Category: locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.81172° or 55° 48′ 42″ northLongitude
-4.24952° or 4° 14′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C7QRQ62+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3817979832OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q7521261
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scots—“Simshill” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Simshill”
- Scots: “Simshill”
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