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Blairdardie

Area of Glasgow, Scotland

Field	Value
country	Scotland
official_name	Blairdardie
os_grid_reference	NS527702
coordinates
unitary_scotland	Glasgow City Council
lieutenancy_scotland	Glasgow
constituency_westminster	Glasgow North West
constituency_scottish_parliament	Glasgow Anniesland
post_town	GLASGOW
postcode_district	G15 6
postcode_area	G
dial_code	0141
static_image_name	North Blairdardie.jpg
static_image_caption	Looking north over North Blairdardie from high flats

Blairdardie is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde in the north-west of the city and is surrounded by other residential areas: High Knightswood, Knightswood, Old Drumchapel, Drumchapel and Garscadden. It was built between the 1950s and early 1960s.

Keal Crescent, Blairdardie - geograph.org.uk - 827560

Swans and cygnets on canal bank - geograph.org.uk - 515071

Description

The main thoroughfare, Great Western Road (A82) runs right through the middle creating a 'South Blairdardie' (Keal Avenue, Keal Crescent, Keal Drive) which extends to the Forth and Clyde Canal and a 'North Blairdardie' which extends to Drumchapel Road in the north.

North Blairdardie consists of mostly terraced houses, which were council built and are now a mixture of owner-occupied and rented. Blairdardie Pavilion hosts football pitches, a skateboarding club and various youth and children's clubs. There are two primary schools, Blairdardie Primary (rebuilt in 2019, linked to Knightswood Secondary School) and St Ninian's Primary, linked to St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School. The area is served by Drumchapel railway station, and there is a retail park and a small industrial estate to the west.

South Blairdardie, geographically small but containing housing of higher density than the north part, is made up of mostly council-built low-rise flats of up to five storeys. There are, four landmark multi-storey flats situated along Great Western Road; these towers underwent extensive renovation in 2007. There are further areas of open ground for recreation near to this area at Petersen Park and Knightswood Park.

References

[https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSE00511&t=2 West Glasgow (West of Scotland Archaeology Service, 1950)], The Glasgow Story
[https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/gc/blairdardieprimaryschool/ Welcome], Blairdardie Primary School
[https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/plans-revealed-new-state-art-12448685 Plans revealed for new state-of-the-art Blairdardie Primary School], Glasgow Live, 13 January 2017
[https://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/17697717.blairaride-primary-replaces-bollards-for-pupil-safety/ Blairdardie Primary replaces bollards for pupil safety], Clydebank Post, 11 June 2019
[http://www.st-ninians-pri.glasgow.sch.uk/ Welcome], St Ninian's Primary
[https://www.greatwesternretailpark.co.uk Home], Great Western Retail Park
"Tower Block UK: Blairdardie South". [[University of Edinburgh]].
"Buildings in Glasgow: Keal Crescent". [[Emporis]].

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