Cadder, Glasgow — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Cadder?

The Glasgow Western Necropolis, Lambhill Cemetery and St. Kentigern's RC Cemetery border Cadder, and Possil Marsh closes its eastern side. Its amenities are mainly local. The shops stand on Skirsa Street and Cadder Road, the community centre is on Tresta Road, and the area has an eponymous primary school and a nursery on Langa Street.

What is the history of Cadder?

Cadder was built in the late 1940s and early 1950s, on the site of a former loch. Its streets take their names from features of northern Scotland, such as the Shetland Islands. Housing mixes three- and four-storey tenements with semi-detached homes, some privately owned and others rented from Cadder Housing Association, which has its offices on Fara Street.

The Maryhill Line opened in 1993. Its station here was first named Lambhill, although it stands on the western side of Cadder, some distance from the Lambhill neighbourhood, and in May 1998 it became Gilshochill. A book by Jeff Holmes, published in 2022, tells of growing up in the housing scheme through stories and photographs from local people.

Where is Cadder?

Cadder occupies a narrow strip on a fairly steep incline, around 800 metres from east to west but only 200 metres from north to south, in the Canal ward of Glasgow City Council. Historically it is more closely associated with the Lambhill and Maryhill districts. A different Cadder, part of Bishopbriggs, lies about 5 km to the north-east along the same Forth and Clyde Canal.