Dom Hall from Glasgow National Park City shares news of a community celebration at the Hidden Gardens in Pollokshields on Saturday 2nd September and outlines what GNPC is all about in this guest blog… The idea of a National Park City is simple – to use the familiar idea of a National Park to […]
From the battlements of Crookston Castle on the South West fringes of the city, Greater Pollok’s neighbourhoods peek out from between trees and parklands. Your eye can follow the Levern Water as it winds its way through thickets of small community green spaces and towering urban woodland that divides an assortment of dwellings from the […]
We had a phenomenal demand for our Queen’s Park family activity trail in June and all printed copies were gone within a week! We’ve decided to add them as a free download for anyone signing up for our mailing list. You’ll get a free PDF to print out which you can take out into the […]
Maxwell Park and Pollokshields Burgh Hall have a fascinating history, involving barrage balloons, West Indies slave plantations, and freemasons. Maxwell Park In 1887, Scottish politician, baronet, and philanthropist Sir John Stirling Maxwell gifted the land that is now Maxwell Park to the burgh of Pollokshields, for the development of Pollokshields Burgh Halls […]
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