Crookston Castle

Crookston Castle 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.
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  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: ringwork castle in Glasgow City, Scotland, UK
  • Address: Brockburn Road, Glasgow, G53 5RY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mosspark railway station and Crookston railway station.

Railway station
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serves the and areas of , . The station is on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¾ miles west of and is managed by ScotRail. is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Crookston Castle.

Railway station
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is a railway station in , 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 . is situated 3,200 feet northwest of Crookston Castle.

Railway station
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serves the and neighbourhoods of , . The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¼ miles west of . is situated 1 mile east of Crookston Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pollok and Rosshall.

Suburb
Photo: Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of , . The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city.

Quarter
Photo: Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 name, owing to factors in their development.

Crookston Castle

Latitude
55.83511° or 55° 50′ 6″ north
Longitude
-4.35584° or 4° 21′ 21″ west
Operator
Historic Scotland
Open location code
9C7QRJPV+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 224281268
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q1966112
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Crookston Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة كروكستون”
  • Belarusian: “замак Крукстан”
  • French: “chateau de crookston”
  • French: “Chateau de crookston”
  • German: “Crookston Castle”
  • Japanese: “クロックストン城”
  • Kazakh: “Крукстон қамалы”
  • Kazakh: “Крукстон сарайы”
  • Nauru: “Crookston”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Crookston”
  • Russian: “Замок Крукстон”
  • Scots: “Cruixtoun Castle”
  • Ukrainian: “Крукстон”
  • Uzbek: “Crookston qal’asi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Leithland Neighbourhood Centre and St James Parish Church.

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