Around the Park


Springburn Rockery	Springburn Park has one of Scotland’s most beautiful rockeries. The rockery was previously the site of an old quarry and the Glasgow Corporation created the rockery following the purchase of the land in 1892. It is one of the few reminders that Springburn was once a mining and quarrying area. Unfortunately the rockery was badly vandalised for some years but it has now been fully restored and CCTV cameras and flood lighting have been installed. The refurbishment was the result of substantial sums being allocated by GCC North Area Committee and Land & Environmental Services and with the assistance of the Friends of Springburn Park.

Nature Trail	The nature trail in the park has recently been redeveloped with cairns and interpretation boards which will provide visitors with a direct informal, educational and recreational experience using the natural environment as a tool to illustrate a conservation message. The cairn at the start of the route gives information on the 1km trail, which is the home to a surprisingly diverse range of wildlife. Ponds, woodlands and meadows are all found within a relatively small area, making the north side of the park a great place to experience Glasgow’s wildlife at first hand. The markers posts lead the visitors to stone cairns along the route where particular aspects of the environments will be interpreted. The trail is open 52 weeks of the year and has been designed for casual walkers and wheel chair users alike.

Birch Avenue	30 semi mature beech trees were planted on a grass plot adjacent to the Robert Reid statue by Land Services, with the assistance of the friends of Springburn Park and 130 primary one pupils from Albert, Balornock, Barmulloch and St Martha’s primary schools. Alternating on either side of the path the 30 Betula Pendula Dalecarlica (Swedish Birch) and Betula Nigra (River Birch) were planted on the 7th March 2006. The avenue is marked with a plaque at the south west side of the avenue.

Peace Garden	This charming garden is dedicated to the late Lord Provost Bob Innes. It features beautifully laid out flower and heather beds with memorial seats, pergolas and a "Peace Pole" donated by Japanese atomic bomb survivors.

Mosesfield House

Included in Hugh Reid's gift to Springburn in 1904 was New Mosesfield. This was built in 1838 to replace an older house nearby. It is in a romantic Tudor style with a Victorian bow window. The architect, David Hamilton, had his name carved over the doorway.

The first motor car ever produced in Scotland was built at Mosesfield yard in 1895 by George Johnston. With finance from Sir William Arrol, Arrol-Johnston motor cars were in production for the next 30 years.

Winter Gardens

The Winter Gardens were built by Glasgow Corporation as a condition for accepting a £12,000 gift from Hugh Reid to finance the construction of the nearby Springburn Public Halls.

Classified as an A-Listed building, it has remained derelict for the last 20 years due to major structural problems.

Nature Reserve

The North of the park has been designated a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation. The extensive woodland in the park attracts many birds such as robins, blue tits, chaffinches and wrens. There are two ponds where waterfowl live and breed and the City Council has recently created a third pond by naturalising a redundant boating pond. Herons are regularly sighted near these ponds. Mute swans, coots, moorhens, mallards, little grebe and tufted duck all nest in the islands. There are also less common visitors such as American Wigeon.

Facilities

Synthetic football pitch, with floodlights and changing accommodation.

Blaes juvenile football pitch with goals.

Three Bowling Greens.

Multi-Purpose Play Area.

Spacenet.

Toddlers Play Area

Cricket Oval.

Orienteering course.

Healthy walks.

The new Stobhill Gate and pathways into the park. Lookout for the "Moongate".

Various annual events.

Fun in the Park 2009

Saturday 25th July 2009, 12noon till 4.30pm. This annual event just keeps getting bigger every year. Last year an estimated 6,000+ people attended.

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