The city is home to 70 beautiful parks and gardens, each of which is certainly able to surprise its visitors with original design, widest choice of beautiful flowers and exotic plants. Powk is a large housing estate on the southwestern side of the city of glasgow, scotland. Take a wander round pollok houses upper floors for a fascinating insight into the upperclass edwardian lifestyle. See why over 720 million users trust moovit as the best public transit app. It is one of nine constituencies in the glasgow electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency msps, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. Maxwell laid down stringent conditions on the form the estate must take, resulting in what is today called old pollok. Glasgow is a paradise for fans of outdoor recreation.
Centre map silverburn silverburn shopping centre glasgow. Glasgow central station to pollok country park 5 ways to. Large glasgow maps for free download and print high. Hotels near pollok country park, glasgow on tripadvisor. Sep 16, 20 pollok country park the park is rich in rural history formerly being part of the old pollok estate and ancestral home to the maxwell family. You can open this downloadable and printable map of glasgow by clicking on the map itself or via this link. Use the map type in the top left to choose os explorer for walking maps, or os. There are 6 ways to get from glasgow central station to pollok country park by train, bus, taxi, towncar or foot. Enjoy the mass of green surroundings with gardens and woodland areas. On behalf of glasgow city council, welcome to pollok country park. Pollok country park is a stunning 360 acre country park located in the city of glasgow, scotland. It is not to be confused with pollok castle in the parish of mearns, renfrewshire, seat of the pollok family. The grounds and park are fabulous with the river running through at the bottom of the house.
In 2008, pollok country park was voted as best park in europe. Download an offline pdf map and bus timetable for the x8 bus to take on your trip. Housing 30,000 at its peak, its population has since declined due to the replacement of substandard housing with lowerdensity accommodation. It elects one member of the scottish parliament msp by the plurality first past the post method of election. Glasgow southside has the beautiful pollok country park only 5 miles away from the city centre. Choose any of the 10 bus stops below to find updated realtime timetables and to see their route map. Glasgow pollok is a constituency of the scottish parliament. Its a beautiful victorian manor and staff dressed for the occasion showing you around the house. As well as reading our description of each walking. The park is located in the south west of the city just 3 miles from the city centre. Pollok house and gardens are well worth visiting and beautifully maintained. Pollok has 30 stops departing from sauchiehall lane, glasgow and ending in silverburn bus station, pollok. The castle which was situated at the site of the stables was known as the laigh or low castle, seat of the maxwells of pollok.
There are 6 ways to get from glasgow central station to pollok by train, bus, taxi, towncar or foot. Before the building of a highway in 1994, the park. Explore glasgows largest country park while on the hunt for clues and buried loot, on the pollok country park treasure hunt trail. The park is located in the south west of the city just 3 miles from. Pollok house glasgow all you need to know before you go. We bought a return ticket did not remember the route number on the bus and went straight to the park in an early afternoon aug. This elegant stately home, set in the scenic surroundings of pollok country park on the outskirts of glasgow, is an example of georgian grandeur that would be at home in a jane austen novel. Pollok country park, glasgow mountain biking visitscotland. Pollock country park is a large park in the south of glasgow. Download an offline pdf map and bus timetable for the 1 bus to take on your trip. We also made a day of it by visiting pollok house and part of the gardens and pollok country park.
Pollok house stands close to the north bank of the white cart water as it flows through pollok country park. In 2007, pollok county park was named britains best park, and in 2008 it was named the best park in europe, beating competition from parks in italy, france, germany, poland and sweden. To begin sniffing out that fabulous if fictional treasure, download your trail pdf. Glasgow, scotland, uk great britain, printable vector street. We all enjoyed our experience at the pollok house escape room in glasgow and found that working in a team of 4 definitely helped us to escape the room with a good time. Jan 10, 2018 ever wondered where greater pollok begins and ends. Pollok country park loop glasgow, scotland alltrails. View or download the map and plan your journey ahead. Photographs and map of pollok country park in the south side of. Pollok country park mountain biking trails trailforks. Select an option below to see stepbystep directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in rome2rios travel planner. The houses with gardens, three bedrooms, separate kitchen and toilet were like a new world compared to the overcrowded singleend type tenements of glasgow from which most of the new residents came.
The file is in downloadable pdf format, and you can zoom in for detail. Pollok country park heritage trail glasgow city council. This place is situated in city of glasgow, scotland, scotland, united kingdom, its geographical coordinates are 55 51 0 north, 4 18 0 west and its original name with diacritics is pollok. Which areas have moved into, out from, or remained in the 15% most deprived between the simd 2004 and simd 2006 within glasgow city. The surrounding landscape gives every appearance of being open countryside, yet pollok house is just over three miles south west of glasgow city centre, and pollok country park lies. Large glasgow maps for free download and print highresolution. Soonest we knew that we can see harry coo, the highland cattle in glasgow was at pollok country park, we ran there without delay. Pollok country park treasure hunt trail day out with the kids.
The estate was built either side of world war ii to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Pollok country park is a 146hectare 361acre country park located in pollok, glasgow, scotland. Moovit gives you first suggested routes, realtime bus tracker, live directions, line route maps in scotland, and helps to find the closest x8 bus stops near you. Pollok country park the park is rich in rural history formerly being part of the old pollok estate and ancestral home to the maxwell family. Head to all the most wellknown attractions such as glasgow cathedral, kleingrove art gallery, the science centre, the botanic gardens, bothwell castle, pollok country park, and the clyde audiotorium, as well as lesser known spots. Glasgow pollok scottish parliament constituency wikipedia. You have two options when printing pdf formats of the glasgow central map gcm. It is well known for a number of reasons including being home to the police mounted and doghandling divisions, the famous burrell collection and pollok house. Check out this map from glasgow city council and find out. It is one of the most popular in glasgow due to its well maintained pathways and lovely wooded. Stretch your legs on miles of trails, and choose a quiet picnic spot to forget about urban life. One thing that really stood out to me about visiting pollok house was the staff.
Pollok is a large housing estate on the southwestern side of the city of glasgow, scotland. Best trails in pollok country park renfrewshire, scotland alltrails. Escape from the city at pollok country park, a 146hectare 360acre expanse of wellmanicured green space, previously named the best park in europe. Visit pollok country park on your trip to glasgow or united. Pollok, glasgow city local area information, map, walks and more. The park was formerly pollock estate home of the maxwell family for over 700 years. However, the entry price to the house itself is a bit steep at. Discover the main streets, back streets, alleyways, pubs and squares of glasgow with your own personal city map. Make your visit as swift and enjoyable as possible with our silverburn shopping centre map. Glasgow green, the views across the city from queens park, the world famous burrell collection in pollok. The park hosts 2 visitors attractions, a childrens play park, mountain bike circuit and highland cattle. In 1966, mrs anne maxwell macdonald gifted the estate, including pollock house, to glasgow city council, with the condition that it remained a public park.
Jan 24, 2020 visited pollok house for the first time and even though spent my childhood at my grandmothers in pollok never knew this existed and what a delight. Pollok park map picture of pollok country park, glasgow. Photographs and map of pollok country park in the south side. The 10 closest hotels to pollok country park, glasgow. Pollok, glasgow city area information, map, walks and more. Pollok country park glasgow all you need to know before. Glasgow central station to pollok 5 ways to travel via.
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