Woodside, Glasgow

Woodside is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow and also forms some of the most southern part of the much larger district of Maryhill. It is situated north of the River Clyde, between the River Kelvin and the Forth and Clyde Canal. The construction of the M8 motorway in the late 1960s severed Woodside from its southern neighbours Charing Cross and Garnethill. Woodside has the first and grandest of Glasgow's Carnegie libraries, all designed in the Edwardian Baroque style by James Robert Rhind. Joseph Connery, the father of Sean Connery, was born in the district in 1902. The area's Public transport links include Kelvinbridge and St George's Cross Subway stations, and is also home to many small to medium-sized businesses, including Breast Cancer Care and Abbey Business Centres. The Stockline Plastics factory explosion happened in Woodside on 11 May 2004, which killed nine people, (including two company directors) and 33 people were injured, 15 of them seriously. The four-storey building was largely destroyed.

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St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow

The Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, commonly called St Mary's Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is located on the Great Western Road, in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. The current building was opened on 9 November 1871 as St Mary's Episcopal Church and was completed in 1893 when the spire was completed. The architect was Sir Gilbert Scott. It was raised to cathedral status in 1908. The total height of the cathedral is 63 metres. The church structure is protected as a category A listed building. The other cathedrals in Glasgow are St Andrew's (Roman Catholic), St Luke's (Eastern Orthodox) and St Mungo's, the city's mediaeval cathedral, now used by the Church of Scotland, which has a presbyterian polity and does not use the term ‘cathedral’ to describe its churches.

Websters Theatre, Glasgow

Websters is a theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. It also operates as a bar and restaurant. Websters occupies the building of the 19th century former Lansdowne Parish Church.

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Burnbank Park

Burnbank Park was a sports ground in Glasgow, Scotland. It was situated in the city's Woodlands area, found at Barrington Drive (between Great Western Road and Woodlands Road). No trace of the ground remains, having been built on by sandstone tenement housing in the late 19th century, which survives into the 21st century. The name endures locally with the Burnbank Bowling Club a few blocks to the south, founded in 1866, around the same time the sports grounds were coming into use for team sports.

The Glasgow Academy

The Glasgow Academy is a private coeducational day school for pupils aged 3–18 in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of the top performing independent schools in Scotland for SQA Higher Results in 2025. Founded in 1845, it is the oldest continuously fully independent school in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1991, The Glasgow Academy merged with Westbourne School for Girls, adopting the distinctive purple of its uniform in the school badge and tartan. It is located in the Kelvinbridge area and has approximately 1680 pupils, split between three preparatory school sites and senior school. The current Rector is Dr Matt Gibson, who has held the position since January 2025.