Gartloch
Sign in to saveGartloch () is a residential village in Glasgow, Scotland. Outwith the city's urban area (the closest contiguous district being Easterhouse), it is very close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire, south of Garnkirk and west of Gartcosh. To the south is Bishop Loch, a nature reserve and the body of water referred to in the village name, which forms part of the Seven Lochs Wetland Park.
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It is catalogued under the topic Villages in Glasgow (council area).
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- United Kingdom
- Population
- 530
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- Gartloch Mental Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 127403.jpg
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- Gartloch
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- Lanarkshire
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Gartloch () is a residential village in Glasgow, Scotland. Outwith the city's urban area (the closest contiguous district being Easterhouse), it is very close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire, south of Garnkirk and west of Gartcosh. To the south is Bishop Loch, a nature reserve and the body of water referred to in the village name, which forms part of the Seven Lochs Wetland Park.
thumb|left|View from Bishop Loch to Gartloch Much of the new village was created by the renovation of several of the buildings that made up Gartloch Hospital (also known as Gartloch Asylum) which opened in 1896 and closed in 1996. New houses have also been built in the surrounding area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gartloch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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