Old Station Park

Dog excrement, broken glass, fights, graffiti and neds. Those are my abiding memories of Old Station Park, situated around 20 feet below street level and the affluent shops of Hyndland Road.
Thankfully, residents have finally stopped turning a blind eye to the area and progress is beginning to be made through the recently set-​up Friends of Old Station Park society.
Consisting of a truly dreadful concrete football pitch, in which my own skills were honed, and the sort of play park that would encourage you to give your child a box of matches to play with instead, the park was latterly used almost solely as a late night drinking den or slightly shady shortcut to Hyndland Train Station.
However the society has worked hard to raise funds and since its formation in 2008 has successfully cleaned up the upper area, lying adjacent to Hyndland Road, and given it a far more spacious and modern look. The next stage of development involves the rejuvenation of the much bigger lower section with the ultimate goal of turning the old railway station grounds into a thriving resource.