Anniesland is a district

District

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 in the Scottish

Scotland

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 city of Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

. It is situated north of the River Clyde

River Clyde

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, and centres around the junction of the Great Western Road and Crow Road; also known as Anniesland Cross.

Its collection of small shops is located near Anniesland railway station

Anniesland railway station

Anniesland railway station is a railway station that serves the Anniesland suburb of Glasgow, Scotland.The station is served by First ScotRail as part of the SPT network....

, located on the Argyle

Argyle Line

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, North Clyde

North Clyde Line

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 and Maryhill

Maryhill Line

The Maryhill Line is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow and Anniesland via Maryhill in Scotland. It is part of the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport network. The line between Glasgow and Maryhill forms a part of the West Highland Line and was re-opened to stopping passenger services in 1993...

 Lines, which ensures good links with the rest of the city. Meanwhile, set back to the North of Great Western Road, is a small retail park

Retail park

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 consisting of a large Morrisons

Morrisons

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 supermarket (ex-Safeway

Safeway (UK)

Safeway was a chain of supermarkets and convenience stores in the United Kingdom. It started as a subsidiary of the American Safeway Inc., before being sold off in 1987....

 "Megastore"), as well as branches of Mothercare

Mothercare

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, Comet

Comet Group Plc

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 and Instore

...instore

...instore was a chain of retail stores in the United Kingdom selling a range of products and principally concentrating on value home-ware items....

. The retail park was formerly the site of the Barr and Stroud

Barr and Stroud

Barr & Stroud Limited was a pioneering Scottish optical engineering firm, based in Glasgow, that played a leading role in the development of modern optics, including rangefinders, for the Royal Navy and for other branches of British Armed Forces during the 20th century...

 optics works, which moved to Govan under the ownership of Thales Optronics

Thales Optronics

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Anniesland is also home to Anniesland Court

Anniesland Court

Anniesland Court is a 24-storey residential tower block in the Anniesland area of Glasgow, Scotland, designed by J Holmes & Partners and completed in 1968. It is the tallest listed building in Scotland, and is remarkably similar to Ernő Goldfinger's later and more famous Trellick Tower in London...

, Scotland's tallest listed building.