Knightswood is a suburban district in
Glasgow, containing 4 areas: Knightswood North or High Knightswood, Knightswood South or Low Knightswood, Knightswood Park and
Blairdardie. It has a golf course and park, and good transport links with the rest of the city.
Garscadden and
Scotstounhill railway stations serve Low Knightswood while
Westerton station serves High Knightswood. Knightswood is directly adjoined by the
Anniesland,
Drumchapel,
Jordanhill,
Netherton,
Scotstoun and
Yoker areas of Glasgow and by
Bearsden in the North. Knightswood was a rural area of
Dunbartonshire in the parish of
New Kilpatrick with small-scale mining until the land was purchased for housing by the city of Glasgow and was annexed by the city in 1926. In subsequent years, housing developments have been built on most of the remaining free plots, but the area remains largely green, in line with
garden suburb principles, with the only businesses based in small or medium-sized retail units. There are a number of churches and various community events are run throughout the year.
