Edit Hillhead's past
HILLHEAD is to the north of Partick and to the south of North Kelvinside and is located at the heart of the city's fashionable West End,
The land was originally the property of the Gibsons of Hillhead. It was an independent Police Burgh from 1869, but as Glasgow grew during the nineteenth centur it was first swallowed up physically by the growing city, and then administratively in 1891.
The University of Glasgow is located in the area, having moved from its original site to its current Gilmorehill location in 1870.
The neoclassical, colonnaded Wellington Church is located on University Avenue, directly opposite the University.
Other features of Hillhead include the nearby Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Hillhead High School, Glasgow Academy, Kelvinbridge, which straddles the River Kelvin and which used to form an eastern boundary between Hillhead and Glasgow, until Hillhead's incoporation into the city.
The land was originally the property of the Gibsons of Hillhead. It was an independent Police Burgh from 1869, but as Glasgow grew during the nineteenth centur it was first swallowed up physically by the growing city, and then administratively in 1891.
The University of Glasgow is located in the area, having moved from its original site to its current Gilmorehill location in 1870.
The neoclassical, colonnaded Wellington Church is located on University Avenue, directly opposite the University.
Other features of Hillhead include the nearby Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Hillhead High School, Glasgow Academy, Kelvinbridge, which straddles the River Kelvin and which used to form an eastern boundary between Hillhead and Glasgow, until Hillhead's incoporation into the city.
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