Glasgow, Mount Florida, Hampden Park Stadium
Stadium (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Mount Florida, Hampden Park Stadium
Classification Stadium (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mount Annan Drive; Letharby Drive; Somerville Drive
Canmore ID 44242
Site Number NS56SE 110
NGR NS 5900 6141
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44242
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Cathcart (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Hampden Park is Scotland's national football stadium but is also home to Queen's Park Football Club. Opened in 1903 and built to a design of Archibald Leitch, it has a distinctive oval plan and originally had a capacity of 65,000, this was later reduced to 52,000 when the terracing was replaced by seating. The Stadium incorporates the Scottish Football Museum.
Information from RCAHMS (SC) 4 July 2007
Hampden Park Stadium, Aitkenhead Road, 1903, Archibald Leitch
Queen's Park FC, the oldest League club in Scotland founded in 1867, moved to this site in 1903. Leitch was also designer of the original stands at both Ibrox and Parkhead. Redevelopment, 1993, Thomson & McCrae. All-seat capacity of 52,000, with sport and other facilities slotted into the space below the sloping terracing, as done by the Romans in their amphitheatres.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Field Visit (1 November 1988 - 30 November 1988)
Project (2007)
This project was undertaken to input site information listed in 'Civil engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' by R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Publication Account (2007)
Glasgow is well known throughout the football world for its three major stadia, all of which have been redeveloped in recent decades. The first to be so developed was at Ibrox for Rangers Football Club originally opened in 1899.
Hampden Park with stands roofed by cantilever steelwork in the conventional manner was completed in 1999.
R Paxton and S Shipway 2007
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Lowlands and Borders' with kind permission of Thomas Telford Publishers.
Dictionary of Scottish Architects (People)
National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive
National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive
National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive
National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive
National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive
National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive
