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Western Necropolis

Western Necropolis is a cemetery complex in , located to the north of the city centre. As well as the actual Western Necropolis cemetery established in 1882, it is bordered by Lambhill Cemetery which opened in 1881, St Kentigern's Cemetery that opened in 1882, and Glasgow Hebrew Burial Ground founded in 1989.
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Photo: AlistairMcMillan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Cemetery
  • Description: cemetery in the north of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Glasgow Western Necropolis” and “Western Necropolis Glasgow”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gilshochill railway station and Summerston railway station.

Railway station
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving the , and areas of , Scotland. The station is located on the Maryhill Line, 31⁄4 miles north west of Glasgow Queen Street. is situated 2,000 feet south of Western Necropolis.

Railway station
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving the area of , . It is located on the Maryhill Line, 4+1⁄4 miles northwest of Glasgow Queen Street. is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Western Necropolis.

Nature reserve
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a and Site of Special Scientific Interest, of both flora and fauna, within the city of , . The reserve was once part of an extensive system of lochs and marshes which extended throughout much of lowland West Central .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cadder and Summerston.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the north of , Scotland. Within the Canal ward under Glasgow City Council, historically more closely associated with the and districts, it is located 5 kilometres north of Glasgow city centre, sited on the route of the .

Suburb
Photo: Stephen Sweeney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a residential area of , . With most of the housing constructed in the 1970s, it is situated in the far north of the city and is considered to be part of the larger district, but has a different postcode; other nearby neighbourhoods are to the south and to the south-east.

Quarter
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is located to the north west of in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Immediately north of Maryhill basin and Maryhill locks, it is the district where the Bowling and Port Dundas branches of the meet at Stockingfield Junction.

Western Necropolis

Latitude
55.90245° or 55° 54′ 9″ north
Longitude
-4.27902° or 4° 16′ 45″ west
Open location code
9C7QWP2C+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 294066057
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Wiki­data ID
Q56222720
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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 “Western Necropolis”. Photo: AlistairMcMillan, CC BY-SA 4.0.