Govan district of Glasgow

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area of Glasgow district riverside district

The Govan district of Glasgow is a historic riverside area on the south bank of the River Clyde, known for its shipbuilding heritage and role in Glasgow’s industrial development.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Govan area of Glasgow	2
Govan (across the River Clyde)	1
Govan district of Glasgow canonical	1
Govan, Glasgow, Scotland	1
Hutchesontown C housing, Glasgow	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	area of Glasgow ⓘ district ⓘ riverside district ⓘ
administrativeHistory	annexed by Glasgow in 1912 ⓘ former burgh ⓘ
contains	BBC Pacific Quay, Glasgow ⓘ surface form: BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay Govan Cross ⓘ Govan Old Parish Church ⓘ Govan Stones ⓘ Govan subway station ⓘ Queen Elizabeth University Hospital ⓘ Riverside Museum vicinity (opposite bank connection) ⓘ STV studios at Pacific Quay ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance	early medieval carved stones (Govan Stones) ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Clydeside industrial culture ⓘ working-class heritage ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory	engineering works ⓘ shipbuilding on the Clyde ⓘ
hasHeritage	industrial ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ
hasLandmark	Fairfield Heritage Centre ⓘ Govan Cross ⓘ Govan Old Parish Church ⓘ Govan Stones ⓘ
hasNeighbour	Ibrox Stadium ⓘ surface form: Ibrox Kinning Park ⓘ Partick ⓘ Pollokshields ⓘ
hasRedevelopment	waterfront regeneration projects ⓘ
hasReligiousSite	Govan Old Parish Church ⓘ
hasShipyard	Govan shipyard ⓘ surface form: BAE Systems shipyard at Govan Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company ⓘ surface form: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (historic)
hasTransport	Govan bus station ⓘ surface form: Govan bus interchange Govan subway station ⓘ ferry link to Riverside Museum (seasonal) ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfGrowth	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor	Clyde shipyards ⓘ role in Glasgow’s industrial development ⓘ shipbuilding industry ⓘ
localGovernmentWard	Govan ⓘ surface form: Govan ward
locatedIn	Glasgow ⓘ
locatedOn	south bank of the River Clyde ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency	Glasgow South West ⓘ
partOf	Glasgow City council area ⓘ surface form: Glasgow City Council area
region	West Central Scotland ⓘ
river	River Clyde ⓘ
urbanClassification	inner-city district ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan → basedInDistrict → Govan district of Glasgow ⓘ

Govan subway station → serves → Govan district of Glasgow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Govan area of Glasgow

Basil Spence → notableWork → Govan district of Glasgow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hutchesontown C housing, Glasgow

Partick, Glasgow → adjacentTo → Govan district of Glasgow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Govan (across the River Clyde)

Govan shipyard → location → Govan district of Glasgow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Govan, Glasgow, Scotland

Pacific Quay → cityDistrict → Govan district of Glasgow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Govan area of Glasgow