Hyndland
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Hyndland is a prime residential area in the fashionable West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Bordering the Broomhill, Dowanhill and Kelvinside areas, it is an upper middle-class area populated mainly by professionals (many employed at the nearby University of Glasgow) and young bourgeois bohemians including a number of noted authors, poets and actors. Average property prices in the area are much higher than the Glasgow or Scottish averages: staple two bedroom flats can still be purchased for around £200,000 and its most expensive property in recent years - a large Victorian mansion, sold for around £1,600,000.
There are a number of retail outlets in the area including high quality deli's, cafes, hair and beauty centres, and local service shops.
The area is defined principally by its quiet streets and red sandstone tenements, many of which are fronted by lush city gardens, often embellished with ornate doorway carvings and beautiful stained glass windows, built in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. There are also a number of townhouses built during these periods which contribute significantly to the area's character. While many of these townhouses have been split into multiple apartments to cater to modern urban living, a large number of them remain individual properties. This division accounts for the area's unusual demographic. The district can also be characterised by its famously large population of domestic cats.
There is a local school, Hyndland Secondary School, and the Glasgow and Hillhead-Jordanhill rugby teams play in the area at Hughenden Stadium.
Hyndland is served by a railway station on the North Clyde and Argyle lines, offering a direct link to central Glasgow in under ten minutes, and by a number of bus routes. The nearest Subway stations are Hillhead and Partick.
[edit] Notable Residents
- Billy Boyd, Actor
- David Calder, Actor
- Robert Carlyle, Actor
- Liz Lochhead, Poet and Dramatist
- Helen Ryder, Musician
- Catherine Robertson, Musician
[edit] External links
- Hyndland Local History.
- Hyndland Residents' Association.
- Glasgow Digital Library: Hyndland Images.
- Hyndland Parish Church.
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