Urban Roots Community Garden

Urban Roots Community Garden is a garden in Glasgow City, Scotland. Urban Roots Community Garden is situated nearby to Toryglen Park, as well as near the power station Glasgow Renewable Energy and Recycling Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hampden Park and Cathkin Park.

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. It is the national stadium of football in Scotland and home of the Scotland national football team. Hampden Park is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Urban Roots Community Garden.

Cathkin Park

Park

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Cathkin Park is a municipal park in Glasgow, Scotland. The park is maintained by the city's parks department, and it is a public place where football is still played. Cathkin Park is situated 2,400 feet west of Urban Roots Community Garden.

Scottish Football Museum

Museum

The Scottish Football Museum is Scotland’s national museum of association football, located in Hampden Park in Glasgow. The museum was established in 1994 being first located in a small section of Glasgow’s Museum of Transport. Scottish Football Museum is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Urban Roots Community Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Polmadie and Toryglen.

Polmadie

Suburb

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Polmadie is a primarily industrial area of Glasgow in Scotland. Situated south of the River Clyde, Polmadie is close to residential neighbourhoods including Govanhill and Toryglen, with Oatlands and another large industrial zone at Shawfield to the north on the opposite side of major railway lines and the M74 motorway, Junction 1A of which serves the area.

Toryglen

Suburb

Toryglen is a district in southern Glasgow, Scotland, falling within the Langside ward under Glasgow City Council. It is approximately two miles south of the city centre, bounded to the west by Mount Florida, the north-west by Polmadie, to the north-east by the West Coast Main Line railway and the M74 motorway the south by King's Park, and immediately to the east by the town of Rutherglen.