Kelvindale
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Kelvindale
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Cleveden Drive, Kelvindale, 2008 | |
Location within Glasgow | |
OS grid reference | NS556687 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G12 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Kelvindale (
Construction
Construction started in the late 1920s with work being undertaken by the
The district is dominated by the Temple
Many of the street names in the area are named after places in England: these include Dorchester, Hertford and Leicester Avenues, Colchester, Chelmsford, Manchester, Kendal, Penrith, Northampton, Ripon, Southampton, Weymouth and Winchester Drives, and Beaconsfield Road. A few are named after Scottish placenames, including Grandtully Drive and Fortingall Avenue.
In the early 2000s, Kelvindale remained a desirable family area near the city's West End. In 2007, Bryant Homes controversially removed a large number of trees from a local lane to provide better access to a new housing development. The actor Robert Carlyle was among those who protested against the felling. In July 2009, a suspected arson attack caused considerable damage to the site. One partially constructed four story housing block burnt to the ground and the only occupied building on the site was evacuated.[4]
Transport
Kelvindale railway station was opened on 26 September 2005. It is situated on the line from Glasgow Queen Street (High Level) to Anniesland, an extension of the Maryhill Line.
Several bus routes including the frequent 6 and 6A services operate along the nearby A82 road Great Western Road. While the 94 service operates both ways along Kelvindale Road - Cleveden Road along Dorchester Avenue and Gt Western Road via the nearby Wyndford Estate to and from Knightswood/Anniesland Cross. The M4 service operates both ways along Dorchester Avenue and Cleveden Road to Partick Bus Station.
The Kelvin Cycle Way which links into the Forth and Clyde Canal cycle path runs through the area.
Education
Kelvindale Primary School is a non-denominational state primary school located in Kelvindale. The increasing number of residents in the 1920s lead to the desire for a local primary school, as children had to travel to Hyndland Primary School (located on the present day site of Hyndland Secondary School) in the neighbouring district of Hyndland. After the second world war, an annexe of Hyndland Primary School was built in Kelvindale (within the present day grounds of Cleveden Secondary School. The two concrete huts were thought to have catered for the first three years of primary school education. In 1963, Kelvindale Primary School was built. The original school consisted of one building with 8 classrooms, and opened its doors on 24 August 1964 with a roll of 248 pupils. Over the years, the school roll increased requiring an annexe of two classrooms to be built in 1971. Another addition came in 1977, when a building specifically to house the infants was opened.[5] The football pitch was sold to become flats and subsequently a new AstroTurf pitch was built opening in late 2006.
Notable buildings
Kelvindale contains
In recent years, at Cleveden Secondary School and Kelvindale Primary School, the ash football pitches have been sold and replaced by new astroturf pitches.
Historic images of the Kelvindale area can be found on the Virtual Mitchell website.
Political representation
Kelvindale is part of:
- Glasgow Anniesland (Scottish Parliament constituency)
- Glasgow North (UK Parliament constituency)
- The Partick East/Kelvindale ward of Glasgow City Council[6]
References
- ^ Mactaggart & Mickel: Our history Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine macmic.co.uk
- ^ "Decision to give towering Anniesland gasworks listed building status splits local people". Evening Times. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Listed status secured for Glasgow's two iconic gasworks". Glasgow Live. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ "Housing site blaze 'deliberate'". BBC News. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- ^ "Kelvindale Primary School History; Kelvindale History & Schooling Page". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 23 - Partick East/Kelvindale, Glasgow City Council