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BELLAHOUSTON PARK - Orienteering History

The 1985 Glasgow Primary Schools Festival marked
the start of STAG’s use of Glasgow’s 3rd largest park.
4 years later, the area was included in the 
1st Glasgow Parks Summer Series and more recently 
for thematic and night events. 

16 controls make up the course
which will take 60 minutes to walk round.

Course checked August 2007 - Posts 7 & 12 missing. Repairs pending (February 2008!).

Park History:
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Bellahouston has been a Park since 1895.

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Due to size - 174 acres - the Empire Exhibition
of 1938 was staged in the Park. 
Only the Palace of Art Building remains.

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In March 1978, the IAAF World Cross Country
Championships was held and in 1982, 

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The 1982 visit of Pope John Paul II was commemorated 
with a Mass in the park.

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Bellahouston Sports Complex and 
Glasgow Ski Centre are located in the Park.

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The House for an Art Lover was opened in
1996 to celebrate the work of 
Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

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Other facilities include pitch and putt, bowling,
play areas and extensive walled gardens.

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Womens' Annual 10k Run finishes in the Park .

Location details: 

Bellahouston - Glasgow G51

Bounded by Mosspark Boulevard, 
Dumbreck Rd, M8 Motorway, Paisley Rd. West & 
Bellahouston Drive.

Grid Ref. NS 550 636

 

 

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