Nitshill

Nitshill
Refurbished flats on Pinmore Street (2018)
Nitshill is located in Glasgow council area
Nitshill
Nitshill
Location within Glasgow
OS grid referenceNS520605
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGlasgow
Postcode districtG53 6 / G53 7
Dialling code0141
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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55°48′55″N 4°21′47″W / 55.815144°N 4.362925°W / 55.815144; -4.362925

Nitshill (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc nan Cnòthan)[1] is a district on the south side of Glasgow. It is bordered by South Nitshill to the south, Darnley to the east, Crookston and Roughmussel to the north-west, Hurlet to the west and Househillwood and Priesthill to the north, with the Pollok district and the Silverburn Centre beyond. An area of open ground to the south-west of Nitshill forms the boundary between Glasgow and the town of Barrhead in East Renfrewshire.

Nitshill was originally a coal mining village;[2] the Victoria Colliery in the area was the scene of one of Scotland's worst mining disasters on 15 March 1851, in which 61 men and boys died.

  1. ^ "List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland".
  2. ^ Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Vision of Britain (Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, 1882–84)