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Crookston Bowling Club - geograph.org.uk - 1318803.jpg
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Crookston is located in Scotland
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OS grid reference NS518636
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  • Glasgow
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G52 3 / G53 7
Dialling code 0141
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55°50′34″N 4°22′06″W / 55.842780°N 4.368377°W / 55.842780; -4.368377

Crookston (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Cruic, Scots: Cruixtoun) is a residential suburb on the southwestern edge of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.

Two distinct and geographically separate neighbourhoods about 1 mile (1.6 km) apart on opposite sides of the White Cart Water are known by the Crookston name, owing to factors in their development. Both areas share the same main road (A736 Crookston Road) and fall within the same U.K. and Scottish Parliamentary constituencies (as of 2019 boundaries), but the northern area falls under the Cardonald ward for Glasgow City Council and is within the G52 postcode zone, while the southern area is in the Greater Pollok ward and the G53 postcode zone.

Transport

The First Glasgow number 3 bus service between Glasgow's West End, city centre, Silverburn and Govan runs the length of Crookston Road through both the northern and southern parts of the area. The number 9 service between Paisley and Glasgow runs via Paisley Road West.

Trains from Crookston operate every half hour, or hourly on Sundays. The closest railway station to the southernmost parts is Nitshill, 1 mile (1.6 km) from the junction of Barrhead Road. That neighbourhood is also about the same distance from Junction 2 of the M77 motorway between Glasgow and Ayrshire, whereas the northern neighbourhood is slightly further from Junction 25 of the M8 motorway between Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh.

Notable people

  • Iain Connell, writer and actor
  • Mary Lee, singer
  • Jack Milroy, comedian

Images for kids

  • View from Crookston Castle - WSW - geograph.org.uk - 1084328

    View from Crookston Castle towards west Pollok, Leverndale and Crookston Road (2005)

  • Hillington Trade Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1188956

    Motor trading business on Paisley Road West, just within Glasgow at its boundary with Ralston, Renfrewshire

  • Crookston station (remains) geograph-3117502-by-Ben-Brooksbank

    Abandoned buildings (now converted to houses) and tracks at Crookston railway station (1986)

  • Howford Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1359756

    View of the White Cart Water at Howford Bridge from NCR 7 which runs beneath it

  • Apartments, Leverndale Hospital (geograph 2368885)

    The former Towerview Unit [de] at Leverndale Hospital, now apartments

  • Apartments Leverndale Road (geograph 2848297)

    Modern apartment block near Leverndale

  • Houses on Crookston Road - geograph.org.uk - 1319341

    View of some of the older houses at the southern end of Crookston Road

  • New houses, Roughmussel (geograph 4947046)

    New housing under construction at Raeswood, 2016

  • Crookston Lidl - geograph.org.uk - 1319354

    Lidl at Dalmellington Road

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