Sighthill, city of edinburgh area information, map, walks. Hope you like it even though sometimes the wind batters into the microphone. Plan a stressfree day trip through scotlands west highlands with this convenient highlights tour that departs from central glasgow. I remember having to get up in the morning and virtually fall into school as sighthill primary was at the bottom of the block. Sighthill campus is servied by lothian buses 3, 21, 25, 34, 35, 36, plus 300 skylink and 400 skylink from bankhead ave. Local information for the town of sighthill, glasgow. Jun 16, 2016 the regeneration of an area in the north of glasgow is 10 to 20 years ahead of schedule, according to council bosses. Sighthill licensed grocer, 7274 huntingdon square, glasgow by paypoint. Sighthill map, satellite view of sighthill, city of. With the construction of the motorway, the wasteland was transformed into a park, and renamed sighthill due to the spectacular view afforded from it.
The 25 runs until around midnight, after which time lothian. East centre covers riddrie, carntyne, cranhill, south carntyne, springboig and. Tesco, st rollox business park, springburn by royal bank of. The demolition of all sighthills remaining highrise flats was back on the agenda. The sighthill park hosts the first astronomically aligned stone circle built in great britain for 3,000 years, by the glasgow parks department astronomy project guided by duncan lunan. Sighthill community centre 1 fountainwell square glasgow proposal. Sighthill community centre and library glasgow, uk. You have two options when printing pdf formats of the glasgow central map gcm. Other places near sighthill, city of edinburgh eh11 4ep edinburgh park railway station, city of edinburgh. The sighthill park is proposed to be repositioned during 2015 by providing a new improved green space network throughout the area, connecting sighthill cemetery in the north to the city centre via a land bridge across the m8. The sighthill stone circle is believed to be the first astronomically aligned stone circle to be built in the uk in over 3000 years. The sighthill park hosts the first astronomically aligned stone circle built in great britain for 3,000 years, and is currently maintained by the glasgow parks department astronomy project guided by duncan lunan. Edinburgh park train station is a 20minute walk from our sighthill campus.
Glasgow, scotland, uk great britain, printable vector. The 46 acre site of the cemetery was purchased by a joint stock company in 1840, with. They are divided into two parts separated by a single space. Glasgow has since been keen to maintain a positive legacy from this initial investment, securing further funding and political consent to regenerate areas in glasgow not impacted by the 2014 commonwealth games. Edinburgh college formerly stevenson and edinburgh napier universitys sighthill campuses formerly stevenson college and the edinburgh business college respectively are based here healthcare, firefighting, retail and library services. The name of sighthill represents a dark passage in the history of glasgow and scotland. The area is bordered to the north by cowlairs, to the east by the springburn bypass road, to the west by the glasgow to edinburgh via falkirk line running into queen street station and to the south by the townhead. G, a partnership between gha, glasgow city council and the scottish government. Sighthill postcode is a sixcharacter string that forms part of a postal address in glasgow city, scotland uk. In addition to this it is home to two of the largest sporting facilities in glasgow, celtic park and emirates sports centre. These cash machines are near to sighthill post office shop. The gcm can be viewed at the first size, a4, only if it has been printed on a photo. Uk map map of scotland city of glasgow county sighthill map.
The gcm can be viewed at the first size, a4, only if it. The 25 departs from princes street, via haymarket, gorgie road and sighthill. There is an excellent variety of shops, amenities and more extensive retail opportunities available at the gyle shopping centre and hermiston gait retail park. Railscot sighthill branch edinburgh and glasgow railway. The name change was seen as a sign, and the location was locked. That companys previous works, hyde park works 1st, was on hyde park street, finnieston, the same name being used for the new works. At around 400ft above sea level its name derived from the views of glasgow and its surroundings it afforded in all directions. Aug 06, 2001 originally from lebanon, they are among the 3,500 refugees who have been housed in the sighthill area of glasgow since the start of the year. For more information on other towns in glasgow, you can visit our towns in glasgow page, alternatively you can use the navigation menu. You can also take the tram or lothian buses 2 one stop to bankhead, which is a 10minute walk from campus. Use the map type in the top left to choose os explorer for walking maps, or os landranger for cycling or driving maps. But, in 2012, the allure of staging another mega sporting event sealed sighthills fate, as glasgow city council was shortlisted for the 2018 youth olympics. Location informations of sighthill latitude of city of sighthill is 55.
There will also be a new public square and improvements made to sighthill park. Proposed active travel provision detailed design that naturally controls vehicle speeds. Town plan of glasgow sighthill cemetery university of. The area is bordered to the north by cowlairs, to the east by the springburn bypass road, to west by the glasgow to edinburgh via falkirk line running into queen street station and to the south by the townhead. Sighthill is a housing estate in the scottish city of glasgow. Like dutch postcodes, sighthill glasgow city postcodes are alphanumeric. The x25 has a limited stop route beginning at waterloo place via princes street, lothian road and running nonstop to sighthill before arriving at heriotwatt university. Glasgow, a partnership between glasgow city council, glasgow housing association and the scottish government.
The regeneration of an area in the north of glasgow is 10 to 20 years ahead of schedule, according to council bosses. Map for design, print, arts, projects, presentations, for architects, designers and builders. Get contact details, videos, photos, opening times and map directions. Rollox chemical works, this isnt true as the works where just south of sighthill in the townhead area. This page mostly cover sighthill and round most parts around the area. Glasgow m8 parade glasgow 42 97 glasg caledo univer 33 8 srr sighthill park g sgow uni rsity 51 j15 72 baird co lege w ian 52 scotrail haring ross 53 j19 footbridge. Sighthill is a wellestablished area to the west of the city centre, lying within easy reach of both stevenson college and the sighthill campus of napier university. Walking in sighthill park in glasgow, scotland youtube. The list was whittled down from eighteen to just one, broomhill park, the former site of the st. Sighthill is one of the 8 areas identified as a priority for regeneration by the transforming communities. Pdf map glasgow, scotland, uk great britain, printable vector street city plan map, full editable, adobe pdf, full vector, scalable, editable, text format street names, 43 mb zip all streets, all buildings. Display of 1 nonilluminated fascia sign and 1 nonilluminated panel display on side of property.
Photographs and location map of sighthill park and the. Calton covers calton, bridgeton, camlachie and dalmarnock. Aug 12, 2001 the name of sighthill represents a dark passage in the history of glasgow and scotland. Sighthill, in the north of the city, is the largest of eight transformational regeneration areas tras in glasgow. Upon return to the branch, your vehicle will be checked in prior to your transfer to. The most notable production to be filmed in sighthill was the 1998 bbc scotland television drama looking after jo jo which featured robert carlyle in the title role and was filmed in and around north sighthill and niddrie.
Mar 25, 20 town plan of glasgow sighthill cemetery by sonny maley on march 25, 20 0 the latest addition to our glasgow town plan map series is sheet vi. This works dated from 1861, being built alongside the still new 1855 sighthill branch of the edinburgh and glasgow railway at a green field site. Sighthill has been used as a location for film and television productions. Feb 15, 2012 this is a very long video of myself walking around sighthill park in glasgow, scotland on a very windy day. Main roads closed until 2018 to make way for sighthill. Sighthill was proposed as the location for the youth olympic games in 2018 in addition to having tra status. Sighthill has 1 postcode zip code, in county of city of glasgow. It is situated north of the river clyde sighthill is part of the wider springburn district in the north of the city. It is hard to know of what to feel more ashamed the racist violence or the ambivalence of press coverage.
Sighthill postcode sighthill, glasgow city uk postcode. Glasgow has 3 park and ride subway sites and one busbased site at the walker street carpark in kincardine. Sighthill, city of edinburgh area information, map. Area information for sighthill park, edinburgh, scotland. I left in 1986 when i was 20 when my mother remarried. This place is situated in city of edinburgh, scotland, scotland, united kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 55 55 0 north, 3 17 0 west and its original name with diacritics is sighthill. Photo gallery of parks in and around glasgow the largest city in scotland photographs and location map of sighthill park and the standing stone circle in the springburn area of glasgow city of glasgow. Sighthill one of glasgows eight transformational regeneration areas. The scottish parliament constituency is edinburgh pentlands. The postcode is within the sighthillgorgie wardelectoral division, which is in the uk parliamentary constituency of edinburgh south west. Originally from lebanon, they are among the 3,500 refugees who have been housed in the sighthill area of glasgow since the start. Sighthill transformational regeneration area, glasgow.
The sighthill tra is one of the key sites in the north of glasgow scheduled for regeneration in the coming years. Sighthill is located in city of glasgow county, glasgow city, scotland, scotland, united kingdom. This is a very long video of myself walking around sighthill park in glasgow, scotland on a very windy day. This project is prominent on the highest point of the hill included in the park itself. Sighthill transformational regeneration area, glasgow sweco. Regeneration of sighthill is 10 to 20 years ahead of. Politics stopped it being fully completed 33 years ago. Seen as a ministonehenge, the sighthill stone circle was the first astronomically aligned circle to be built in britain for nearly 3000 years, drawing on the brains of glasgow university, the creative juice of local schoolkids and the money of a 1970s labour government. Although i grew up in possilpark that was only a half a mile north of sighthill i can still remember the area before the notorious sighthill was even started. Client glasgow city council main contractor balfour beatty civil engineering location sighthill park railway project date of completion 082016 for more details contact top. Going with a guide not only eliminates the stress of navigating, but ensures you learn more about the region than you might from a guidebook. The area includes several business parks, including glasgow forge retail park. It was constructed in 1978 when the glasgow parks department asked astronomer and sciencefiction writer duncan lunan to build them a ministonehenge. Jun 21, 2016 main roads closed until 2018 to make way for sighthill.
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