Hamiltonhill is a residential neighbourhood in the Scottish city of
Glasgow
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, situated between
Possilpark to the north and east and
Port Dundas to the south. To the west of Hamiltonhill is a nature reserve bordering the
Forth and Clyde Canal's Glasgow Branch section (with
Firhill Stadium on the opposite bank). The neighbourhood falls under the
Canal ward of
Glasgow City Council
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.
The area consisted primarily of ''Rehousing'' (low build quality) grey
reconstituted stone tenements from the 1930s. Many of these blocks were refurbished in the 1990s, but by the 2010s almost all had been demolished along with the local schools (''St Cuthbert's Primary'', which was relocated in 2012 to a new facility in
Ruchill Park, closer to parts of the district where new homes had already been built) and ''Wester Common Primary''. Another new school complex for children residing locally, 'Keppoch Campus', was also constructed on the eastern side of Possilpark in the 2000s. Some
cottage flats dating from the same period as the tenements were retained, with the result that several clusters of surviving homes in Hamiltonhill were surrounded by expanses of empty waste ground in every direction.
In 2018, the local ''Queens Cross Housing Association'' published a renewal masterplan for the area involving over 600 new homes.
Plans to build 600 homes in derelict area of Glasgow takes step forward
Glasgow Live, 17 February 2020
References
External links
Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve
Areas of Glasgow
Housing estates in Glasgow
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