Harman Patil (Editor)

Halfway, Glasgow

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
OS grid reference
  
NS540638

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Postcode district
  
G52

Dialling code
  
0141

Lieutenancy area
  
Glasgow City Council

UK parliament constituency
  
Glasgow South West

Country
  
Scotland

Post town
  
GLASGOW

Police
  
Scottish

Council area
  
Glasgow City Council

Scottish parliament
  
Glasgow Pollok

Halfway, Glasgow

Halfwayhouse is a district on the southwest side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Once a village in its own right, sitting on the original Renfrewshire-Lanarkshire border, the area takes its name from the fact that it lies equidistant between Glasgow and Paisley at a distance of three miles from each ('Three Mile House' was situated on Paisley Road West, but has long since gone, although 'Two Mile House' built and owned by the various railway companies at the junction of Dumbreck Road survived into the 1980s).

In the late 1920s, Halfwayhouse and a handful of neighbouring villages, including Cardonald, Hillington, Govan and Crookston, were annexed to the ever-expanding city of Glasgow. This resulted in the renaming of many roads, to prevent duplication with ones in Glasgow. Through the 1940s and 1950s, Halfwayhouse was developed significantly to the point where there is very little trace of the original village on what is still the main road between Glasgow and Paisley.

References

Halfway, Glasgow Wikipedia