Kelvinside

A traditionally-prosperous and leafy northwestern suburb of Glasgow, Kelvinside lies between the Great Western Road and the River Kelvin, 2 miles (3 km) northwest of the city centre. It is characterised by large detached Victorian villas and terraces of fine buff sandtone houses of similar age. Some of the villas, which were once located in substantial gardens, have been replaced by modern blocks of flats. Kelvinside Academy, a co-educational private school, is located here, as is the Glasgow Botanic Garden, bounded by Queen Margaret Drive to the southeast. Located on Great Western Road, near the Gartnavel Hospital, the former Kelvinside Railway Station opened on the Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway in 1896 but closed in 1942, with the line closing in 1960. The station building by Sir John James Burnet (1857 - 1938) remains and is in use as a restaurant.

Notable individuals associated with the area include actress Mary Ure (1933-75), historian Prof. Norman Stone (1941 - 2019) and political broadcaster Laura Kuenssberg (b. 1976). The district of North Kelvinside lies to the east, on the opposite bank of the River Kelvin.


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