Springburn Park

History
Springburn Park - Urban Glasgow

The land for the park wasacquired in 1892 being primarily poor agricultural land with the remains of an ironstone pit and an old quarry on it. The Reid family, with connections to the Hyde Park Locomotive Works, contributed to the development of the park and its enlargement in 1900 with help to purchase Cockmuir Farm. A monument to Sir James Reid was built in 1903 by public subscription to acknowledge his contribution to the parks' development.The currently derelict 'A' listed Winter Gardens were built by Glasgow Corporation as a condition for accepting a £12,000 gift from Hugh Reid, of the North British Locomotive Company, to finance the construction of the nearby Springburn Public Halls. Mosefield House in the park was built in 1838 by the architect David Hamilton for a bookseller called James Duncan and takes its name from Old Mosefield, a house that stood nearby. It was purchased by Hugh Reid and gifted to the city in 1904 with the ground floor being used as a museum. In 1952 the ground floor was converted to an old men's club and it remains as such to this day.

Facilities

The park has synthetic and blaes football pitches, bowling greens, cricket pitch, orienteering course and there is also a nature trail. The rockery in the park is on the site of the old quarry. There is the Balgray Fountain by Doulton and the monument to Sir John Reid. Much of the park serves as a resource for wildfowl and animals with woodland & ponds.

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