Battlefield
Battlefield is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde. The area takes its name from the Battle of Langside of 1568 in which Mary, Queen of Scots' army was defeated by forces acting in the name of her infant son, James VI.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Battlefield, Glasgow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hampden Park and Langside Public Library.
Hampden Park
Stadium
Photo: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hampden Park 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, as well as Queen’s Park FC, the original owners.
Mount Florida railway station
Railway station
Photo: Peter Whatley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Florida railway station is a staffed island platform station on the Cathcart Circle. It serves the Mount Florida and Battlefield areas of Glasgow, Scotland and can get busy on event days at Hampden Park as it is the closest station to the stadium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langside and Mount Florida.
Langside
Suburb
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langside is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde, and lies east of Shawlands, south of Queens Park, west of Cathcart and north of Newlands.
Mount Florida
Suburb
Photo: Mothering, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Florida is an area in the south-east of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
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.
Battlefield
- Categories: quarter and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.82449° or 55° 49′ 28″ northLongitude
-4.2666° or 4° 15′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C7QRPFM+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 3887663458OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q4873096
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Battlefield” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Battlefield (Glasgow)”
- Basque: “Battlefield”
- Japanese: “バトルフィールド”
- Urdu: “بیٹل فیلڈ، گلاسگو”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Crosshill and Newlands.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Langside Parish Church and Glasgow South Christadelphian Church.
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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 “Battlefield”. Photo: GeorgeRob, CC BY 3.0.