Woodside is a
district
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in the
Scottish
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city of
Glasgow
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and also forms some of the most southern part of the much larger district of
Maryhill
Maryhill () is an area in the north-west of Glasgow in Scotland. A former independent burgh and the heart of an eponymous local authority ward, its territory is bisected by Maryhill Road, part of the A81 road which runs for a distance of ro ...
. It is situated north of the
River Clyde
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, between the
River Kelvin
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and the
Forth and Clyde Canal
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. The construction of the
M8 motorway in the late 1960s effectively severed Woodside from its southern neighbours
Charing Cross
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and
Garnethill.
Woodside has the first and grandest of Glasgow's
Carnegie libraries, which were all designed in the Edwardian Baroque style by
James Robert Rhind.
Baroque libraries in Glasgow - James R. Rhind
/ref> Joseph Connery, the father of Sean Connery
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, was born in the district in 1902.
Public transport
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links include Kelvinbridge and St George's Cross
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Associated with ...
Subway stations.
Woodside is also home to many small to medium-sized businesses, including Breast Cancer Care and Abbey Business Centres.
The Stockline Plastics factory explosion happened in Woodside on 11 May 2004. Nine people were killed, including two company directors, and 33 injured, 15 seriously. The four-storey building was largely destroyed.
Gallery
File:Woodside Library, Glasgow, 2011.JPG, Woodside Library
File:St Columba Church, Woodside, Glasgow.JPG, St Columba's Church
File:Glasgow. Woodside. Torridon Court.jpg, Torridon Court
File:Glasgow. Woodside. St George's in the Fields (1885-1886).jpg, St George's in the Fields (1885-1886)
See also
* Glasgow tower blocks
References
External links
*
Woodside Community Council
Areas of Glasgow
Maryhill
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