Battlefield, Glasgow

Coordinates: 55°49′30″N 4°16′12″W / 55.8249°N 4.2699°W / 55.8249; -4.2699
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Battlefield
Battlefield Monument, Glasgow
Battlefield is located in Glasgow council area
Battlefield
Battlefield
Location within Glasgow
OS grid referenceNS579614
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG42
Dialling code0141
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55°49′30″N 4°16′12″W / 55.8249°N 4.2699°W / 55.8249; -4.2699

Battlefield is a

Queen's Park commemorating the 320th anniversary of her defeat.[1]

Grange Road at Battlefield Road

Housing consists mainly of three and four-storey Victorian and Edwardian

townhouses
from the same era, and some modern properties.

Battlefield was formerly a centre of Glasgow's

Jewish community, although most have now moved further south to Giffnock and Newton Mearns, or further afield to Manchester or Israel
. The former synagogue has been converted to flats.

The area includes one of Glasgow's main hospitals, the New Victoria Hospital (and the buildings of the (old) Victoria Infirmary), and further education institutions, Langside College. Another key local landmark, the Battlefield Rest building and clocktower, is now a restaurant, as is The Church on the Hill, previously the Langside Hill Church.[2]

Langside Library, at the junction of Sinclair Drive and Battlefield Road, is the final Carnegie library in Glasgow.

The Southside Festival takes place in Queens Park in May annually. It celebrates the cultural diversity and uniqueness of the Southside of the city.

References

  1. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
    . Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Langside Hill Church". TheGlasgowStory. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

External links

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