Woodlands is an area of

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. Situated on the north-west edge of the city centre, Woodlands is located within Glasgow's fashionable West End, east of

Hillhead Hillhead ( sco, Hullheid, gd, Ceann a' Chnuic) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated north of Kelvingrove Park and to the south of the River Kelvin, Hillhead is at the heart of Glasgow's fashionable West End, with Byres Road forming th ...

, south of Woodside, north of the

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and

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 west of Charing Cross and

Garnethill Garnethill is a predominantly residential area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland with a number of important public buildings. Geography Located in the city centre, the area borders Cowcaddens to its north, Sauchiehall Street to its south, Cambr ...

. Woodlands has a substantial population of residents of Pakistani and

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heritage, as well as a large number of students. The area is in the vicinity of the

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and

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. The housing stock mostly consists of 19th century terraces, townhouses, and blonde and red

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, with modern redevelopment which is also predominantly in the tenement style.

History

The area of flat land on the east bank of the

River Kelvin The River Kelvin (Scottish Gaelic: ''Abhainn Cheilbhinn'') is a tributary of the River Clyde in northern and northeastern Glasgow, Scotland. It rises on the moor south east of the village of Banton, east of Kilsyth. At almost long, it init ...

was used as an industrial area. From at least the early 1600s, the site was the location of a

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which processed grain. In 1790, William Gillespie constructed Glasgow's first and only water driven cotton mill, with bleach and print fields also located in the vicinity. As part of the Blythswood Estate, Woodlands was officially incorporated into the city of Glasgow in 1830. In 2021, Woodlands was the location of the

Murder of Esther Brown On 28 May 2021, Scottish pensioner Esther Brown was raped and murdered at her flat in Woodlands, Glasgow. Jason Graham (also known as Jason Evans), a registered sex offender, who was unknown to her, was found guilty of her rape and murder on 12 N ...

Points of interest

Woodlands is home to the

Arlington Baths Club Arlington Baths Club is a non-profit member-run swimming club in Glasgow. The Arlington Baths Club was the first swimming club in Glasgow and is located in a purpose-built Category A Listed Building that opened on 1 August 1871. The building ...

. The club is located on Arlington Street.

Burnbank Park Burnbank Park was a sports ground in Glasgow, Scotland. It was situated in the city's Woodlands area, found at Barrington Drive (between Great Western Road and Woodlands Road).Rangers F.C. Rangers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the Govan district of Glasgow which plays in the Scottish Premiership. Although not its official name, it is often referred to as Glasgow Rangers outside Scotland. The fou ...

from September 1875 to March 1876.Burnbank
The Founders TrailLooking back at Glasgow’s long lost football grounds
Glasgow Live, 24 August 2019 49 West Princes Street was the home of Marion Gilchrist, the victim in the famous

Oscar Slater Oscar Joseph Slater (8 January 1872 – 31 January 1948) was the victim of a miscarriage of justice in Scotland. Wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death, he was freed after almost two decades of hard labour at Scotland’s HM Priso ...

case.The Times, ''The Case Of Oscar Slater. Sir Herbert Stephen And The Evidence,'' 19 September 1912. There is a statue erected in the memory of

Bud Neill William "Bud" Neill (5 November 1911–28 August 1970) was a Scottish cartoonist who drew cartoon strips for a number of Glasgow-based newspapers between the 1940s and 1960s. Following his death, his work has attained cult status with a wor ...

on the corner of Woodlands Road and Woodlands Gate.

Public transport

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includes

Kelvinbridge Kelvinbridge is the common name of the Great Western Bridge, a cast iron road and pedestrian bridge located in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, built to carry the Great Western Road (A82) at a high level across the River Kelvin. ...

and

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Subway stations, located respectively at the western and eastern extremes of the district, as well as numerous bus routes along Great Western and Woodlands Roads.

References

External links

Glasgow West End: Woodlands
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link, was

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)
Woodlands conservation area appraisal
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