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| Kelvinside | |
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 Kelvinside Hillhead, Church of Scotland parish church, 2018 | |
  Kelvinside Location withinGlasgow | |
| OS grid reference | NS559680 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G12 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| 55°53′01″N4°18′19″W / 55.883524°N 4.305299°W /55.883524; -4.305299 | |
Kelvinside is adistrict in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of theRiver Clyde and is bounded byBroomhill,Dowanhill andHyndland to the south withKelvindale and theRiver Kelvin to the north. It is an affluent area of Glasgow, with large Victorian villas and terraces.
As withMorningside, Edinburgh, residents are sometimes said to have a "pan loaf" accent, i.e. an affected one. This often leads to jokes about a "Kelvinsaide" accent. Both of these areas were featured in an advert forScotRail.[1]
Kelvinside railway station was on theLanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway, but is now closed.
Kelvinside is home toKelvinside Academy, a private school situated on the corner of Kirklee Road and Bellshaugh Road.
At the corner of Kirklee Road and Great Western Road used to be a shop called Churchill's. Churchill's began life as a green hut just a little bigger than an average-sized garage. It was known by locals as the "Greenie". In the 1990s it was replaced by a new two-storey stone building, with a flat in the upper floor and a shop on the ground floor. Although clad with brown stained wood, it was still referred to as the Greenie or Churchill's by local pupils of Kelvinside Academy. It closed during COVID and was replaced by a delicatessen and restaurant.
The localChurch of Scotland parish churches (serving Kelvinside and parts of adjacent areas) areKelvinside Hillhead Parish Church andSt. John's Renfield Church. The local Roman Catholic church is St. Gregory's.
Great Western Terrace, designed byAlexander "Greek" Thomson, is situated on Great Western Road. Westbourne Terrace, also designed by Thomson, is situated on Hyndland Road.