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The Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls and Tennis Centre is a sports complex located in 
Prior to becoming an extension of the park to serve as the venue for the OS Six-inch 1st edition, 1843-1882
Explore georeferenced maps ( National Library of Scotland)
The Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls and Tennis Centre is a sports complex located in Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
, Scotland
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. Located on Kelvin Way off Sauchiehall Street
Sauchiehall Street () is one of the main shopping streets in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland, along with Buchanan Street and Argyle Street.
Although commonly associated with the city centre, Sauchiehall Street is over in length. At its ...
and adjacent to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland. It reopened in 2006 after a three-year refurbishment and since then has been one of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions. The museum has 22 galleries, h ...
, Kelvingrove Park
Kelvingrove Park is a public park located on the River Kelvin in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, containing the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
History
Kelvingrove Park was originally created as the West End Park in 1852, and ...
and the Yorkhill
Yorkhill ( gd, Cnoc Eabhraig) is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated north of the River Clyde in the West End of the city. It is known for its famous hospitals and remains the location of the West Glasgow Ambulatory Care Ho ...
and Kelvingrove residential neighbourhoods, it is owned by Glasgow City Council and was a venue for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and has been used for the purpose since at least 1910. In addition to a number of lawn bowls
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...
greens, the facility has six artificial grass tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
courts which are available to the public to play for free.
Prior to becoming an extension of the park to serve as the venue for the International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry
The International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry was the first of 4 international exhibitions held in Glasgow, Scotland during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It took place at Kelvingrove Park between May and November 1888. Th ...
in 1888, the land was occupied by ''Kelvinbank House'', a mansion dating from the 1780s, with the property sited almost exactly on the location of the bowling centre pavilion.Explore georeferenced maps ( National Library of Scotland)
See also
*Lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games were held at the Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre in Glasgow, Scotland from 24 July to 1 August 2014.
Lawn bowls is one of ten core sports at the Commonwealth Games and has been continuously held at eve ...
References
External links
* 2014 Commonwealth Games venues Sports venues in Glasgow Bowls in Scotland Tennis in Scotland Lawn bowls at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{Scotland-sports-venue-stub