Welcome to Parkhead

Parkhead is a area in Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road now the Gallowgate and Tollcross Road and Westmuir Street. Duke Street and Springfield Road also meet there, to form a turreted Edwardian five-way junction at Parkhead Cross. Glasgow's Eastern Necropolis was laid out in 1847 beside the Gallowgate.

 Parkhead the area flourished with the discovery of coal in 1837 and grew into an industrial centre. In 1897 William Beardmore became famous with the production of high grade steel at the Parkhead Forge, founded about 1837 and extended between 1884 and 1914. After years of decline, the massive plant was closed in 1976, and in 1986 the construction of the first phase of The Forge shopping complex began on the site. The shopping centre opened in the autumn of 1988, and in 1994 an indoor market was added adjacent to it. The final element, a retail park, was completed in three stages between 1996 and 2002.