City of Glasgow

Victoria Park

Photographs of Victoria Park and the Fossil Grove

in Glasgow

War Memorial in Victoria Park
in Glasgow

Victoria Park is in the western side of Glasgow,
adjacent to the districts of Scotstoun,
Whiteinch, Jordanhill and Broomhill.

The park was created and named
for Queen Victoria's jubilee in 1886.

Victoria Park in Glasgow

The park has a wide variety of facilities

to suit all age groups.

orienteering course
model yachting pond
children's play areas
bowling greens
tennis courts

Pond in Victoria Park

Swans in Victoria Park

Footbridge in Victoria Park

Pond in Victoria Park

Blossom and Flower beds

in Victoria Park

Four-dial miniature lamp post clock,

donated by William Gordon Oswald

in 1888

Signpost in Victoria Park

Sign at entrance

to the Fossil Grove

in Victoria Park

Fossilised tree stumps

in the Fossil Grove in Victoria Park

Fossil Grove is a site of special scientific interest
of national importance for the study of Carboniferous fossil plants.
The site encompasses a cluster
of eleven tree-like stumps in their growth position,
excavated from layers of sandstone and shale,
which formed 325 million years ago
during the Carboniferous period.