Celtic Park, Glasgow City — Map and nearby sights

About Celtic Park

Celtic Park is a landmark. Location: Glasgow City, Scotland.

From Wikipedia

Celtic Park is a football stadium and the home of Scottish Premiership team Celtic, in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, Scotland. With a capacity of 60,411, it is the largest football stadium in Scotland, and the eighth-largest football stadium in the United Kingdom. It is often known as Parkhead, and nicknamed Paradise. Celtic was formed in 1887 and the first Celtic Park opened in Parkhead in 1888. The club moved to the current site in 1892, after the rental charge was greatly increased on the first.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built: 1892
Opened: 1892
Architect: Percy Johnson-Marshall

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Celtic Park

Leslie Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0
Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0
Aloba Øyvind Vik · CC BY-SA 3.0
Aloba Øyvind Vik · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Climate of Celtic Park

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 143 mm

Hottest month: July (day 19°)
Coldest month: January (night 1°)
Wettest month: January (154 mm)
Driest month: April (65 mm)

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11° 4°

15° 6°

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Jan

154

Feb

106

Mar

116

Apr

65

May

71

Jun

67

Jul

75

Aug

91

Sep

125

Oct

146

Nov

143

Dec

141

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Celtic Park
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	6°	7°	9°	11°	15°	17°	19°	18°	16°	12°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	1°	2°	4°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	6°	3°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	154	106	116	65	71	67	75	91	125	146	143	141

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Celtic Park

The nearest airport is Glasgow Airport (GLA), 14 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Glasgow, 4 km to the northwest.

Airports

Glasgow Airport (GLA) Glasgow 14 kmwest
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) Prestwick, South Ayrshire 45 kmsouthwest
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 53 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Glasgow Population: 626.4K 4 kmnorthwest
Edinburgh Population: 515K 64 kmeast
Dundee Population: 148.2K 103 kmnortheast
Belfast Population: 348K 177 kmsouthwest
Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 191 kmsoutheast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Celtic Park

Within 100 km: 176 historic and cultural sites, 3,717 natural sites, 1,079 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km188 places

Newshot Island Island 15 kmNW
Spiers Island Island 22 kmE
Speirs Island Island 19 kmNE
Long Loch Lake 18 kmSW

25–60 km1,352 places

Great Cumbrae Island Island 46 kmW
Ayr Beach Beach 51 kmSW
Troon Beach Beach 45 kmSW
Hunterston Sands Beach 45 kmW

60–100 km3,432 places

Isle of Arran Island 71 kmSW
Burntisland Beach Beach 66 kmE
Portobello Beach Beach 69 kmE
Gullane Beach Beach 88 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

James Watt Statue Landmark, Glasgow City
2 km W
People's Palace Museum, Glasgow City
2 km W
Hampden Park Landmark, Glasgow City
3.9 km SW
Parkhead Natural site, Scotland
1.4 km E
Citizens Theatre Attraction, Glasgow City
3 km W
Heatherbank Museum of Scial Work Museum, Glasgow City
3.4 km NW
Firhill Stadium Landmark, Glasgow City
5.4 km NW
Glasgow Rangers Landmark, Glasgow City
6.5 km W

Celtic Park

Nearest towns and villages

Rutherglen Town, South Lanarkshire
2.3 km S
Barrowfield Neighbourhood, Glasgow City
0.7 km W
Parkhead Neighbourhood, Glasgow City
0.7 km E
Gallowgate Neighbourhood, Glasgow City
0.8 km NW