Parkhead
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Parkhead is a district in the East End of Glasgow. Its name comes from a small weaving hamlet at the meeting place of the Great Eastern Road and Westmuir Street. Glasgow's Eastern Necropolis cemetery
Parkhead Cross, the traditional heart of the district
Parkhead Cross Sign
Aerial view of area from south-west (2017) with Celtic Park at centre, The Forge Shopping Centre and Parkhead Cross top, Emirates Arena bottom, Barrowfield housing estate left
Barrowfield
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Barrowfield is a neighbourhood of Glasgow, Scotland, close to Celtic Park, home of Celtic, which lies immediately to the east. It is bounded by the A89 road to the north and the A74 to the south.
Parkhead
…conducted most of their training routines at a facility on the periphery of Parkhead named Barrowfield, east of Celtic Park (it is not located in the Barrowfield residential area which lies to the west of the stadium toward Bridgeton). By 2005, those facilities were seen as antiquated, particularly in comparison…
Modern housing on Stamford Street
Modern housing in Barrowfield, with Celtic Park and Commonwealth Arena beyond (2013)