Visit Cranhill Places

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

  

Cranhill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cranhill

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Cranhill history

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Cranhill was built in the early 1950s to alleviate the post-war housing shortage. Unlike other similar publicly funded housing schemes, it was relatively compact, yet still dense. The maisonettes were demolished in the late 1990s.

You can visit Cranhill places with Walkfo Cranhill to hear history at Cranhill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cranhill has 104 places to visit in our interactive Cranhill 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 Cranhill, 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 Cranhill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cranhill & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 104 audio facts unique to Cranhill places in an interactive Cranhill map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Cranhill Places Map
104 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Cranhill places to visit

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

Athletes’ Village (Glasgow 2014) The Athletes Village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games was situated on a 35-hectare (86-acre) site, in the east end of Glasgow. The site was used as accommodation for up to 8,000 athletes and officials from all over the Commonwealth nations. After the games, the site was further developed and has up to 1,400 homes, a portion of which are available for social rental.

Barlanark Barlanark is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated east of Budhill, Shettleston and Springboig, north west of Baillieston, west of Springhill and Swinton.

Barrachnie Barrachnie is a place in Glasgow, Scotland adjacent to Garrowhill. It is located in the centre of the city’s most famous landmarks.

Carntyne Carntyne (Scottish Gaelic: Càrn an Teine) is a suburban district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and in the east end of the city. It has formed the core of the East Centre ward under Glasgow City Council since 2007.

Cranhill Cranhill was developed from public funding in the early 1950s. Infamous for its illegal drug trade and anti-social youth culture. The community was redeveloped from the late 1990s, although unemployment stood at 50% as of 2009.

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