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Cardonald, Glasgow — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Cardonald, or Cair Dhòmhnaill, is an outlying suburb to the southwest of Glasgow, bounded on the south by the White Cart Water.
About Cardonald
Where to stay in Cardonald
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Cardonald is an outlying suburb, which means the beds are in Glasgow proper and the reason to come out here is usually an address rather than a night. Lourdes Avenue is the marker. Our Lady Of Lourdes R.C.
Church stands on it, and Crookston and Halfway lie in the same annexed belt southwest of the city. The White Cart Water closes the southern edge.
About Cardonald
What are the main landmarks in Cardonald?
A single church fills Cardonald's landmark list. Our Lady Of Lourdes R.C. Church stands on Lourdes Avenue, the one named landmark inside Cardonald, which puts the rest of the suburb's interest in its boundaries rather than its buildings.
The White Cart Water is one of them. Crookston and Halfway are the others, the neighbouring villages that came into Glasgow with Cardonald in 1926.
What is the history of Cardonald?
Renfrewshire held it until 1926. The villages of Cardonald, Crookston and Halfway, with the farmland around them, were annexed to Glasgow in that year, which is when an independent settlement became an outlying suburb of the city. The Gaelic form is Cair Dhòmhnaill.
Our Lady Of Lourdes R.C. Church stands on Lourdes Avenue.
Where is Cardonald?
The White Cart Water draws Cardonald's southern boundary, with Crookston and Halfway among the old villages annexed alongside it.
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Updated September 2026