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Pollok (Scottish Gaelic: Pollag, lit. 'a pool', Scots: Powk) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,000 at its peak, its population has since declined due to the replacement of substandard ...
Househillwood is close to the centre of the Pollok district and is often considered to be part of 'Greater Pollok' (a ward of Glasgow City Council), although the construction of Househillwood in the 1930s (about 800 homes) [1] predates the Pollok scheme's main period of building after World War II.
Pollok Country Park is a 146-hectare (361-acre) country park located between Shawlands, Crossmyloof, and Pollok in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] In 2007, Pollok Country Park was named Britain's Best Park, [ 2 ] and in 2008 it was named the Best Park in Europe, beating competition from parks in Italy , France , Germany , Poland and Sweden . [ 3 ]
Poloc Cricket Club's logo depicting aspects of its location. Poloc Cricket Club was a cricket club based at Pollok Country Park in south Glasgow, Scotland.. The club's Shawholm [1] ground encompassed the cricket oval, three all-weather tennis courts, and used to have the world's only six-hole golf course approved by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Pollokshields (Scottish Gaelic: Buthan Phollaig, Scots: Powkshiels) is an area in the Southside of Glasgow, Scotland.Its modern boundaries are largely man-made, being formed by the M77 motorway to the west and northwest with the open land of Pollok Country Park and the Dumbreck neighbourhood beyond, by the Inverclyde Line railway and other branches which separate its territory from the largely ...
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Pollok's first ground was at Haggs Park in the Pollok Estate, but they were forced to move out in 1926–1927 as Glasgow City Council wanted the land for school pitches. After playing temporarily at Rosebery Park and the Queen Mary Tea Gardens at Spiersbridge (in Thornliebank ), they acquired Newlandsfield Park, and began playing there in the ...
The approach to Pollok House. Displayed within Pollok House is a large, private collection of Spanish paintings, including works by El Greco, Francisco Goya, Alonso Sánchez Coello and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. There are also paintings by Rubens and William Blake, as well as glass, silverware, porcelain and antique furniture. The house ...