Craigend
Craigend is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, immediately west of Garthamlock, east of Hogganfield Park and Ruchazie and separated from Cranhill and Queenslie to the south by the M8 motorway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: district in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Craigend, Glasgow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Provan Hall and HM Prison Barlinnie.
Provan Hall
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Provan Hall is a historic place composed of two buildings built about the 15th century and situated in Auchinlea Park, Easterhouse, Glasgow. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and leased by Glasgow City Council.
HM Prison Barlinnie
Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HM Prison Barlinnie is the largest prison in Scotland. It is operated by the Scottish Prison Service and is located in the residential suburb of Riddrie, in the northeast of Glasgow, Scotland.
Robroyston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Robroyston railway station serves the suburbs of Millerston and Robroyston in Glasgow, Scotland. The station is located on the Cumbernauld Line, and is managed by ScotRail.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruchazie and Garthamlock.
Ruchazie
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ruchazie is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated to the north-east of the city, bordered by Craigend and Garthamlock to the east and the open ground of Hogganfield Park and Lethamhill Golf Course to the north.
Garthamlock
Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garthamlock is a suburb in the north-east of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Provanhall is the nearest neighbourhood to the east; Craigend is directly to the with Hogganfield Park and Ruchazie beyond.
Cranhill
Suburb
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Cranhill is an inner city district and housing scheme in the north east of Glasgow, Scotland. Cranhill was developed from public funding in the early 1950s and was originally, chiefly composed of four-storey tenement blocks surrounding a patch of grassland, which became Cranhill Park.
Craigend
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.8744° or 55° 52′ 28″ northLongitude
-4.15625° or 4° 9′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C7QVRFV+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 955873022OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q5181659
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In Other Languages
“Craigend” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Craigend (Glasgow)”
- Basque: “Craigend”
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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 “Craigend”. Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.