Blairdardie
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| Blairdardie | |
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 Looking north over North Blairdardie from high flats | |
  Blairdardie Location within Glasgow | |
| OS grid reference | NS527702 |
| Council area | |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G15 6 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
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Blairdardie is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde in the north-west of the city and is surrounded by other residential areas: High Knightswood, Knightswood, Old Drumchapel, Drumchapel and Garscadden. It was built between the 1950s and early 1960s.[1]
The main thoroughfare, Great Western Road (A82) runs right through the middle creating a 'South Blairdardie' (Keal Avenue, Keal Crescent, Keal Drive) which extends to the Forth and Clyde Canal and a 'North Blairdardie' which extends to Drumchapel Road in the north.
North Blairdardie consists of mostly terraced houses, which were council built and are now a mixture of owner-occupied and rented. Blairdardie Pavilion hosts football pitches, a skateboarding club and various youth and children's clubs. There are two primary schools, Blairdardie Primary[2] (rebuilt in 2019, linked to Knightswood Secondary School)[3][4] and St Ninian's Primary,[5] linked to St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School. The area is served by Drumchapel railway station, and there is a retail park[6] and a small industrial estate to the west.
South Blairdardie, geographically small but containing housing of higher density than the north part, is made up of mostly council-built low-rise flats of up to five storeys. There are, four landmark multi-storey flats situated along Great Western Road;[7][8] these towers underwent extensive renovation in 2007. There are further areas of open ground for recreation near to this area at Petersen Park and Knightswood Park.
