Provanmill
District of Glasgow
Scotland - United Kingdom

Celtic Park

Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, and is the home ground of Celtic Football Club. Celtic Park, an all-seater stadium with a capacity of 60,355, is the largest football stadium in Scotland and the Eighth-largest stadium in the United Kingdom, after Murrayfield, Old Trafford, the Olympic Stadium (London), Twickenham, Wembley, Millennium Stadium and Emirates Stadium. It is commonly known by Celtic fans as either Parkhead or Paradise.

Located at 55.8497, -4.20559 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Celtic F.C., Visitor attractions in Glasgow, Sports venues in Glasgow, Football venues in Scotland, 2014 Commonwealth Games venues, Scottish Premier League venues, Scottish Football League venues

Alexandra Park, Glasgow

Alexandra Park is a public park in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located in Dennistoun, three miles east of the city centre. To the north is the M8 motorway. Named after Princess Alexandra of Denmark, it opened in 1870. The users of this park have always found the park pleasant and an enjoyable place to relax and do activities such as sunbathing, playing sports and going for walks or runs. The highest point of the Park gives views North to Ben Lomond and South to the Tinto Hills.

Located at 55.8658, -4.20389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Parks and commons in Glasgow

Glasgow North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Glasgow North East is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was first contested at the 2005 general election. Its current Member of Parliament (MP) is Willie Bain of the Labour Party, who has held the position since a by-election in 2009. From its creation until 2009, the constituency was represented by Michael Martin, previously MP for Glasgow Springburn from 1979.

Located at 55.8883, -4.21583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster), United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 2005, Politics of Glasgow

Springburn Museum

Springburn Museum was set up in the reading room of the Springburn Library, Glasgow, Scotland, in the mid-1980s. It continued to provide a community based resource for historical reference throughout the 1990s. It closed in 2003, and exists primarily an online entity. A room has been earmarked for items from the Springburn collection to be displayed within the Leisure Centre (entrance in Kay Street).

Located at 55.881, -4.23 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Museums in Glasgow, Virtual museums, Defunct museums in Scotland

MC Metals

MC Metals was a metal recycling company based in the Springburn area of Glasgow, Scotland. The "MC" stands for McWilliam & Christie, both names being associated with separate railway scrapyards that previously existed in the Glasgow area. The company was made famous through the scrapping of huge numbers of British Rail diesel locomotives in the 1980s and 1990s. They operated on railway-owned land adjacent to the BREL St. Rollox railway works.

Located at 55.8731, -4.2269 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Railway scrapyards in the United Kingdom

Glasgow East End Regeneration Route

The Glasgow East End Regeneration Route (EERR) is a new road in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. Currently under construction, the first phase was opened in 2011 with the second phase opened in mid 2012. A third phase from the Parkhead Bypass to Provan (M8/M80) is proposed.

Located at 55.8553, -4.2037 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Roads in Scotland, Transport in Glasgow, Proposed roads in the United Kingdom, Proposed transport infrastructure in Scotland

Provan Gas Works

Provan Gas Works is an industrial gas holding plant in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The plant is in the Provanmill area of the city, and was built by Glasgow Corporation between 1900 and 1904. It later became part of British Gas, and subsequently Transco and most recently Scotia Gas Networks (a subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy) who operate it today. Originally the plant was a gasworks, manufacturing town gas via the coking of coal. The plant was expanded after 1919.

Located at 55.8725, -4.20361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Glasgow, Natural gas storages, Buildings and structures completed in 1904

HM Prison Barlinnie

HM Prison Barlinnie is a prison operated by the Scottish Prison Service and located in the residential suburb of Riddrie, in the north east of Glasgow, Scotland.

Located at 55.8694, -4.18194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Glasgow, Prisons in Scotland, 1882 establishments in Scotland, Execution sites, Capital punishment in Scotland, Government agencies established in 1882

Glasgow Inner Ring Road

The Glasgow Inner Ring Road was a proposed ring road encircling the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. Construction of the roads began in 1965, and half of its circumference was completed by 1972, but no subsequent construction was made and the remaining plans were formally abandoned in 1980. After 30 years, southern section of the proposals have become part of the new M74.

Located at 55.8553, -4.20361 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Transport in Glasgow, Roads in Scotland, Ring roads in the United Kingdom

Glasgow Bellgrove rail accident

On 6 March 1989 two Class 303 commuter trains crashed on the Springburn branch of the North Clyde Line, just east of Bellgrove station in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. One passenger and the driver of one of the trains were killed.

Located at 55.8564, -4.22 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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1989 in Scotland, Railway accidents in Scotland, Railway accidents in 1989, Transport in Glasgow

St Mungo's Academy

St Mungo's Academy is a Roman Catholic, co-educational, comprehensive, secondary school located in Bridgeton, Glasgow. The school was founded in 1858 by the Marist Brothers religious order. The school has a reputation for academic achievement and sporting excellence, particularly in football.

Located at 55.8541, -4.2207 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Boys' schools in Glasgow, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Glasgow, Marist Brothers schools, Educational institutions established in 1858

Stobhill Hospital

Stobhill Hospital is an Ambulatory Care and Diagnostic Hospital, located in the district of Springburn in the north of Glasgow, Scotland. It serves the population of North Glasgow and part of East Dunbartonshire.

Located at 55.8939, -4.2225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Hospitals in Glasgow, NHS hospitals, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Teaching hospitals in Scotland, Listed buildings in Glasgow, Category B listed buildings in Scotland

Parkhead Stadium railway station

Parkhead Stadium was a railway station in the east end of Glasgow. It was opened by the Caledonian Railway as Parkhead on 1 February 1897. In recognition of its proximity to the Celtic Park football stadium, by 1904, it was known as Parkhead (for Celtic Park); and it was also referred to in some timetables as Parkhead for Celtic Park. The station was renamed Parkhead Stadium by British Railway Board on 3 March 1952.

Located at 55.8486, -4.1997 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Glasgow, Beeching closures in Scotland, Railway stations opened in 1897, Railway stations closed in 1964, Former Caledonian Railway stations

Duke Street Prison

Duke Street Prison is one of 8 prisons which used to stand in and around Glasgow. By 1840 most of these were closed except Duke Street Prison (also known as Bridewell or the Northern Prison) and Glasgow Green Prison (known as 'Burgh' or the Southern Prison) which closed in 1863.

Located at 55.858, -4.219 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Glasgow, Defunct prisons in Scotland, Execution sites, Capital punishment in Scotland, Government buildings in Glasgow

Red Road Flats

The Red Road Flats make up a condemned high-rise housing complex which lies between the districts of Balornock and Barmulloch in the north east of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate originally consisted of eight multi-storey blocks of steel frame construction. Two are "slabs", much wider in cross-section than they are deep. Six are "points" — more of a traditional tower block shape.

Located at 55.8801, -4.20821 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Glasgow, Housing estates in Glasgow, Modernist architecture in the United Kingdom, Skyscrapers in Glasgow, Residential skyscrapers in Scotland, Urban decay in Europe

Bishopbriggs Academy

Bishopbriggs Academy is a secondary school in the town of Bishopbriggs, Scotland, in the district of East Dunbartonshire. Bishopbriggs Academy is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive school taking pupils from S1 to S6. It is currently one of two secondary schools in Bishopbriggs, along with Turnbull High School at Brackenbrae.

Located at 55.9081, -4.20278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Secondary schools in East Dunbartonshire, Educational institutions established in 2006, Bishopbriggs

Northern F.C

Northern Football Club was a Scottish football club based at Hyde Park in the Springburn area of Glasgow. The club was briefly a member of the Scottish Football League Second Division. The club was formed in 1874, although details of their early years are largely unknown. They were founder members of the Scottish Football Alliance in 1891 following a number of teams in leaving the Alliance two years later to form the new Second Division of the Scottish League.

Located at 55.8796, -4.2307 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Defunct football clubs in Scotland, Association football clubs established in 1874, Association football clubs disestablished in 1896, Sports teams in Glasgow, Scottish Football League teams, 1874 establishments in Scotland, 1896 disestablishments in Scotland

The Forge Shopping Centre

The Forge Shopping Centre (also known as Parkhead Forge) exists in the east end of Glasgow in Parkhead. The shopping centre bore the name from the former William Beardmore and Company steel works site that had closed in 1976.

Located at 55.8536, -4.19981 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Glasgow, Shopping centres in Glasgow, Shopping malls established in 1988, Buildings and structures in Glasgow

Gallowgate Twins

The Gallowgate Twins is a local nickname for a development of twin tower block flats situated in the Camlachie district within the East End of Glasgow, Scotland.

Located at 55.8559, -4.21506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Glasgow, Skyscrapers in Glasgow, Residential skyscrapers in Scotland

North Glasgow College

North Glasgow College is a college located at Springburn in Glasgow and one of the main providers of further education in the city. After the liquidation of the North British Locomotive Company in 1961, the main administration building of the company was bought by Glasgow Corporation and used as an annexe of Stow College, until becoming Springburn College of Engineering in 1965 and later Springburn College in 1981. Its primary role was the teaching of engineering apprentices.

Located at 55.88, -4.228 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Further education colleges in Glasgow, Audio engineering schools in the United Kingdom

Huntershill Village

Huntershill Village is located opposite Huntershill House at the top of Crowhill Road in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Over forty local businesses operate from the location. It was historically part of the Huntershill Estate, former residence of the political reformer Thomas Muir. Its also the former site of the Huntershill mining and freestone quarry.

Located at 55.89, -4.22 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Villages in East Dunbartonshire

Whitehill Secondary School

Whitehill Secondary School (formerly Whitehill Senior Secondary School) is a Scottish non-denominational comprehensive secondary school located in the suburb of Dennistoun in Glasgow. The school is a part of the Whitehill Campus, along with Golfhill Primary School, and Westercraigs Nursery. The campus was assembled in 2007, following the closure of the Golfhill building due to structural issues. The school moved into the main building in 2009, with Westercraigs having their own structure.

Located at 55.8609, -4.21283 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Secondary schools in Glasgow

Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome

Emirates Arena redirects here. For the home of Arsenal F.C. , see Emirates Stadium.

Located at 55.8472, -4.20804 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Cycle racing in Scotland, Sports venues in Glasgow, Velodromes in the United Kingdom, Indoor arenas in Scotland, 2014 Commonwealth Games venues, Buildings and structures in Glasgow

Petershill Park

Petershill Park is a leisure centre located in the Springburn suburb of Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. It has its own stadium, a third generation full-size outdoor football pitch, and has floodlights. It is host to two mens football teams, Petershill and Rossvale (the latter of whom will groundshare), and two ladies teams, Glasgow City Ladies and Rangers Ladies. It is known locally as The Peasy.

Located at 55.8778, -4.2298 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Petershill F.C., Sports venues in Glasgow, Football venues in Scotland, Buildings and structures completed in 2007

Parkhead Cross

Parkhead Cross is a major junction in the Parkhead area in the East End of the city of Glasgow, UK. It is the meeting point of Gallowgate, Duke Street, Westmuir Street, Tollcross Road and Burgher Street, which together form a turreted Edwardian five-way junction, including several fine buildings making the junction notable such as the former Glasgow Savings Bank. The junction can become very busy due to traffic for Football games at nearby Celtic Park.

Located at 55.8512, -4.19728 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Road junctions in Glasgow