Corkerhill is a neighbourhood of

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, Scotland, southwest of the city centre. The area was originally a farm and a few houses built for workers of the

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at the Corkerhill Depot.Corkerhill Railway Station (Burrell Collection Photo Library, 1900)
The Glasgow Story The engine sheds and sidings are still present, although Corkerhill signal box to the rear of the houses now facing Mosspark shops was demolished in the late 1970s.

Corkerhill railway station Corkerhill railway station serves the Corkerhill and Mosspark neighbourhoods of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line, 3¼ miles (5 km) west of . The station was originally a staff h ...

opened on 1 July 1885 as a staff halt for railway workers, and to the public in 1923. It is on the Paisley Canal Line. In the 1920s, building in the area expanded as far as

Mosspark Mosspark () is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde, in the southwest of the city. History Mosspark and the lands of East and Mid-Henderston were incorporated into Glasgow in 1909. They covered sev ...

and later

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, making Corkerhill part of the Glasgow conurbation. In the 1950s,

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built Hardridge Road, consisting of terraced and tenement dwellings. Later in the 1960s, shops were built to address the shortage in the area, the nearest then being in Cardonald and

Pollok Pollok (, ) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,000 at its peak, its population ha ...

. The Cart public house also opened, the only one in the area. Corkerhill spiralled into decline in the mid to late 1980s until many of the tenements were vandalised and empty and most of the shops were unrented. In 2004, demolition of the tenements began, being replaced with privately owned suburban style housing. The area is bordered by the railway lines, the M77 motorway,

Pollok Country Park Pollok Country Park is a country park located between Shawlands, Crossmyloof, and Pollok in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2007, Pollok Country Park was named Britain's Best Park, and in 2008 it was named the Best Park in Europe, beating competition fro ...

and

Nethercraigs Sports Complex Nethercraigs Sports Complex (also known as Glasgow Club Nethercraigs) is a major sports facility located in the Corkerhill area of Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 2005, the complex is designed to provide sports and recreational facilities to the lo ...

, ten minutes from Glasgow Central on the train and close to two junctions of the motorway.

Nethercraigs

Nethercraigs lies adjacent to the Corkerhill residential area and is largely occupied by the Nethercraigs Sports Complex, which was formerly the home ground to Glasgow

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side, Tir Conaill Harps and was later used by the Glasgow Caledonain GAA as their home ground and training pitch. The sports complex, built at a cost of £3.7 million with help from the Corkerhill community and the late local residents Walter Morrison and Elizabeth Campbell, was opened in 2005 by

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.We're a city full of good sports
Evening Times, 30 April 2008 It has a 3G astro pitch for 11-a-side football or three 7-a-side pitches, a separate 5-a-side pitch, two hockey pitches, gym, dance studio, running track, grass rugby pitch, three grass 11-a-side football pitches and a

skate park A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, scootering, and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, stairsets, quarter pipe ...

. There are also areas for various athletic sports such as shot put and high jump. The 11-a-side, 5-a-side, hockey and rugby pitches are floodlit, as is the running track.

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