Craigton, Glasgow

Craigton (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chreig) is a residential suburb in the southwest of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.

Located approximately three miles (five kilometres) from the city centre, it is bordered by Bellahouston Park to the south and Halfway to the west, with Cardonald beyond.

[1] The area was historically farming land for Govan, which is nearby to the north across the M8 motorway and Inverclyde Line railway tracks.

The area has an eponymous primary school opened in 1910[3][4] (once attended by artist George Wyllie),[5] a small industrial estate and a number of shops lining Paisley Road West.

[1] To the east is Helen Street police station (a modern replacement for Govan's previous offices in Orkney Street)[6][7] built on the site of the White City Stadium, used for greyhound racing and motorcycle speedway; Ibrox railway station was slightly further east, also within walking distance of Craigton until its closure in the late 1960s, about the same time as the stadium.