Lightburn, Glasgow

Lightburn is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. It takes its name from the Light Burn which flows through the area, mostly in culvert. The area has a hospital, established in 1898. There were extensions to the hospital in 1968. As of 2023, the hospital was being used for rehabilitation of older people. There had been plans to close it in 2011 and again in 2018.

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St Andrew's Secondary School, Glasgow

St Andrew's Secondary School is an 11–18 mixed-sex, Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Glasgow, Scotland. Its catchment area includes much of the East End of the city, including such districts as Baillieston, Craigend, Cranhill, Easterhouse, Greenfield, Shettleston, Tollcross and Wellhouse.

Lightburn Hospital

Lightburn Hospital is a health facility in Carntyne Road, Glasgow, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

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Cranhill

Cranhill is an inner city district and housing scheme in the north east of Glasgow, Scotland. Cranhill was developed from public funding in the early 1950s and was originally, chiefly composed of four-storey tenement blocks surrounding a patch of grassland, which became Cranhill Park. Later development saw the building of three tower blocks (locally, high-flats), surrounded by rows of terraced maisonettes. In more recent years, a number of semi-detached and detached homes have been built. The area also hosts some shops, two primary schools and nurseries, a community centre and the Cranhill water tower. Infamous for its illegal drug trade and anti-social youth culture, Cranhill was often dubbed "Smack City" in the media. The community was redeveloped from the late 1990s, although unemployment stood at 50% as of 2009.

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Greenfield, Glasgow

Greenfield is a neighbourhood in the east end of the Scottish city of Glasgow, north of the River Clyde. The estate was built on the grounds of Greenfield House which was demolished to make way for the new scheme which was built in the 1960s. The area is also home to a recently upgraded football centre, used for amateur games, and a public park. Greenfield lies south of Cranhill, north of Shettleston, east of Carntyne and west of Springboig and Budhill. Housing in the area is in the form of terraced housing, tenements and maisonettes. There are also some prefab houses surviving from the 1940s. Greenfield was one of the areas affected by the 2002 Glasgow floods. It has three schools.