Wyndford is an area of the city of
Glasgow
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,
Scotland
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. Located northwest of the city centre in
Maryhill
Maryhill ( gd, Cnoc MÃ iri) is an area of the City of Glasgow in Scotland. Maryhill is a former burgh. Maryhill stretches over along Maryhill Road.
The far north west of the area is served by Maryhill railway station.
History
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, Wyndford is bounded by Maryhill Road to the north and the
River Kelvin to the south. The area comprises
council housing that is typical of that which was built throughout Glasgow in the 1960s and 1970s. The houses are now either privately owned or mainly run by Cube
housing association
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. The community is represented by the Wyndford Tenants Union.
It is built on the site of the former
Glasgow city barracks, hence many local people colloquially refer to the area as "''the Barracks''". These barracks were built in 1872 when the Glasgow barracks were moved from the city's east end to this site, despite the fact that Maryhill was technically not part of the city at the time, as it was then a politically independent burgh. It was home to the
Highland Light Infantry
The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fu ...
. After the barracks closed in 1960, the site was chosen for the Wyndford housing scheme (the Glaswegian term for
housing estate
A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex or housing development) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country.
Popular throughout the United States a ...
). The former barrack's walls and gatehouse are still in place, and they form a perimeter around the Wyndford estate. The nearby
Walcheren Barracks maintains a vestigial link to the Army in the area.
Footballers
Charlie Nicholas and
Jim Duffy are both originally from the Wyndford area.
It was an area of support for the
Glasgow school closures protest, 2009.
See also
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Glasgow tower blocks
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List of tallest buildings and structures in Glasgow
References
External links
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Wyndford: Housing, Everyday Life & Wellbeing over the long term project by
University of Glasgow
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Housing estates in Glasgow
Areas of Glasgow
Maryhill
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