Visit Pollok Places

Welcome to Visit Pollok Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Pollok

  

Pollok Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Pollok

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Pollok history

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Pollok was built by the old Glasgow Corporation and was the first of the ‘big four’ peripheral housing schemes constructed to improve Glasgow’s slum housing conditions in the inner city. Pollok suffered the same social problems that also emerged from the other large housing schemes (Castlemilk, Drumchapel and Easterhouse)

You can visit Pollok places with Walkfo Pollok to hear history at Pollok’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Pollok has 102 places to visit in our interactive Pollok map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Pollok, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Pollok places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Pollok & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 102 audio facts unique to Pollok places in an interactive Pollok map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Pollok Places Map
102 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Pollok historic spots	Pollok tourist destinations	Pollok plaques	Pollok geographic features
Walkfo Pollok tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Pollok

  

Best Pollok places to visit

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Pollok has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Pollok’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Pollok’s information audio spots:

Mansewood Mansewood (Scots: Mansewid) is a residential district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde and is surrounded by the districts of Eastwood, Hillpark, Pollokshaws in Glasgow and Thornliebank and Giffnock.

Nitshill Nitshill (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc nan Cnòthan) is a district on the south side of Glasgow. It is bordered by Darnley to the east, Crookston and Roughmussel to the north-west. The Victoria Colliery in the area was the scene of one of Scotland’s worst mining disasters.

Moorepark, Glasgow Moorepark is a small area in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Situated south of the River Clyde and part of the former Burgh of Govan. It was colloquially referred to as ‘Wine Alley’ during the 20th century.

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