Rouken Glen

Rouken Glen

Infobox park
park=Rouken Glen


image size=200px
caption=The waterfall at Rouken Glen
type=Public Park
location=Giffnock,Glasgow.
coordinates=coord|55|47|33|N|4|18|45|W
size=
opened= May 25 1906
operator=East Renfrewshire Council
annual visitors=
status=Open all year

Rouken Glen is a park in East Renfrewshire to the south-west of Glasgow, Scotland.

History

, Glasgow (later Lord Rowallan) who gifted the estate, mansion house etc. to the citizens of Glasgow. It was officially opened on 25th May, 1906 and leased to Eastwood District Council in June, 1984. [http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/leisure/parks_and_recreation.htm]

Features

The glen has many of the typical features of an Edwardian urban park, such as a boating pond started in 1923 by Sir Robert McAlpine to replace a former curling pond. Rouken Glen includes a large waterfall surrounded by steep woodland; the waterfall is based on a natural waterfall, doubled in height to form a reservoir to supply the printworks downstream at Thornliebank during the early 1800's. There is a walled garden in the grounds of the former manor, Birkenshaw house. A large mini golf course from the early 1980's has been removed.

Trivia

It features in an episode of the Scottish 1990s television sitcom, Rab C Nesbitt, when Rab gets a job there. He is seen sweeping leaves by the pond. Also, the scene in the film Trainspotting with the shooting of the dog was filmed in Rouken Glen.

References

* [http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/leisure/parks.htm East Ren Parks & Recreation Page]
* [http://www.roukenglen.org.uk/ Rouken Glen Homepage]


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