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Corkerhill, Glasgow — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Corkerhill began as a farm and railway workers' houses southwest of Glasgow city centre, and the engine sheds at Corkerhill Depot are still there.
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Corkerhill was built for railwaymen, not travellers. That still shows. The houses raised by the Glasgow and South Western Railway sit beside engine sheds and sidings that remain in place, with Mosspark shops on one flank and Pollok House among the nearest landmarks.
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About Corkerhill
What are the main landmarks in Corkerhill?
Three buildings carry the register. Pollok House heads the list, with St James' (Pollok) Parish Church and Mosspark Baptist Church And Hall on Corkerhill Road completing what is recorded around the neighbourhood. The railway leaves its own marks.
Engine sheds and sidings from the Corkerhill Depot still run behind the houses that face the Mosspark shops.
What is the history of Corkerhill?
A farm came first. Corkerhill grew from that farm and a handful of houses put up for men working the Glasgow and South Western Railway at the Corkerhill Depot, and the sheds and sidings that gave the place its reason still occupy the ground behind it. The signal box did not survive.
Corkerhill signal box, standing to the rear of the houses that face the Mosspark shops, came down in the late 1970s.
Where is Corkerhill?
Corkerhill lies southwest of Glasgow city centre, its railway houses hemmed by the Corkerhill Depot sidings, the Mosspark shops and Pollok House beyond.
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Updated September 2026