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Heavy Horse - geograph.org.uk - 87389.jpg
Andy Scott's Heavy Horse sculpture at Glasgow Business Park
Springhill is located in Scotland
Springhill
Springhill
OS grid reference NS677647
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G69
Dialling code 0141
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
  • Glasgow East
Scottish Parliament
  • Glasgow Provan
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55°51′26″N 4°06′55″W / 55.8572°N 4.1152°W / 55.8572; -4.1152

Springhill is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde on the eastern edge of the city, north of the areas of Baillieston and Garrowhill and west of Swinton.

Springhill consists mainly of semi-detached and detached family houses built in the 1990s, as well as Glasgow Business Park, a partly-completed industrial and commercial estate near to the neighbourhoods of Barlanark and Easthall, which features the local DVSA driving test centre and a 4-metre high landmark wire sculpture of a Clydesdale Horse by Andy Scott, who has other works on display in the vicinity - a phoenix in Easterhouse and a group of sirens at the water tower in Cranhill. The district has a few local shops as well as a pub/restaurant, but most other amenities are located in Baillieston or Easterhouse.

Easterhouse railway station gives direct access to the centre of Glasgow and regular local bus services run along Edinburgh Road to the south of the district. Springhill can be accessed from the M8 motorway, using junctions 9 or 10.

Swinton Primary School and St Bridget's Primary School serve the local area, and from here pupils attend St Ambrose High School, Coatbridge, and Bannerman High School.

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