Sighthill Cemetery
Sighthill Cemetery is an active cemetery in central Glasgow, Scotland dating from 1840. It has an operational crematorium. It lies within the Sighthill neighbourhood on the A803 Springburn Road between Cowlairs Park and Petershill Park, north of Glasgow city centre, bounded to the north by Keppochhill Road.Photo: Horep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Horep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery”, “Glasgow Sighthill Cemetery”, and “Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow”
Photo: Horep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Horep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Horep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glasgow Cathedral and Springburn railway station.
Glasgow Cathedral
Church
Photo: Bewahrerderwerte, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Glasgow Cathedral is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Glasgow, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the province of Glasgow, from the 12th century until the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century. Glasgow Cathedral is situated 1 mile south of Sighthill Cemetery.
Springburn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springburn railway station serves the Springburn district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is 1+1⁄4 miles north of Glasgow Queen Street station on the Cumbernauld Line and is a terminus of the Springburn branch, a spur from Bellgrove station, on the North Clyde Line. Springburn railway station is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Sighthill Cemetery.
Petershill Park
Sports venue
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petershill Park is a leisure centre and football stadium located in the Springburn suburb of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. It has a third generation full-size outdoor football pitch, and has floodlights. Petershill Park is situated 1,600 feet east of Sighthill Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sighthill and Cowlairs.
Sighthill
Suburb
Photo: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sighthill is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde and is part of the wider Springburn district in the north of the city.
Cowlairs
Quarter
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowlairs is an area in the Scottish city of Glasgow, part of the wider Springburn district of the city. It is situated north of the River Clyde, between central Springburn to the east and Possilpark to the west.
Springburn
Suburb
Photo: Thomas Nugent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springburn is an inner-city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, made up of generally working-class households. Springburn developed from a rural hamlet at the beginning of the 19th century.
Sighthill Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.87709° or 55° 52′ 38″ northLongitude
-4.23674° or 4° 14′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C7QVQG7+R8OpenStreetMap ID
way 37802109OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q17815418
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In Other Languages
“Sighthill Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cementiri Sighthill”
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