Hogganfield is a district

District

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 in the Scottish

Scotland

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 city of Glasgow

Glasgow

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, located to the north east of the city centre. The Hogganfield electoral region is Glasgow North

Glasgow North (UK Parliament constituency)

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. Hogganfield is surrounded by the Glasgow districts of Craigend, Ruchazie

Ruchazie

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, Blackhill

Blackhill, Glasgow

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, Riddrie

Riddrie

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, Provanmill

Provanmill

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, Millerston

Millerston

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, Robroyston

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 and Stepps

Stepps

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. The M80

M80 motorway

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, Stepps bypass, separates Hogganfield from Robroyston. Hogganfield is one of the highest points in Glasgow.

History

Hogganfield Loch is the source of the Molendinar Burn

Molendinar Burn

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, a key influence in the siting of the city of Glasgow by St Kentigern. Hogganfield is 4–5 miles from Glasgow

Glasgow

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 city centre and is situated off Junction 12 of the M8 eastbound motorway.

Hogganfield Loch is mentioned in the Thomas Richardson map of 1795 mainly as bogland around the neighbouring Frankfield Loch. The area was mainly marsh and farmland until the 1950s, when large scale housing began in the area.

Lochview

Some of the older generation still refer to Lochview, which is an estate in Hogganfield, as the 'rhubarb fields'. It was owned by the Pinkertons (mathematics teachers) and they brought about the estate of Lochview by allowing it to be used for housing construction use. A private housing development was constructed from the early-to-mid-1980s. It consists of 4 roads all named Lochview: Drive, Place, Gardens and Crescent. The main road is Lochview Drive.

Lochview's common ground maintenance is privately factored. Lochview Residents Association is made up of a group of volunteers, approved by residents at an annual meeting.

Meadowview and Willowpark

These estates sit behind Lochview. Streets are named Colintraive Avenue/Crescent and Mossbank Avenue/Drive. The houses on Lochiew, Meadowview and Willowpark are formed exclusively with common/engineering brick, both blonde and red and consist of flats, villas, semi-villas and bungalows.

Lochside View

A local company, A.B. Hamilton, moved from their original site, to former Esso Petrol Station site, where it remains, under the name of Kenmore/Highmore. These headquarters sit across from the loch on Cumbernauld Road. Kenmore/Highmore used the old A.B. Hamilton's site to construct Lochside View - a complex of luxury apartments and townhouses and named the street Lochview Gate. It is a consort of Lochview Estate.

Hogganfield Loch

Hogganfield Loch is part of a series of kettle ponds in the area, dating from the last ice age. Other kettle ponds in the area include, Bishop's, Frankfield, Woodend and Lochend Lochs - the latter are part of Drumpellier

Drumpellier

Drumpellier is a country park situated within North Lanarkshire Council, to the west of Coatbridge. The park was formerly a private estate. The land was given over to the Burgh of Coatbridge for use as a public park in 1919, and was designated as a country park in 1984 by the then Monklands...

 country park.

In 1923 a pre-refrigeration business was started at Hogganfield selling ice to the cafes, restaurants & eateries around Glasgow, until it became fashionable to use Scandinavian ice from Norway, thus ending Hogganfield Loch as a commercial enterprise.

Hogganfield Loch is now part of a public park and bird sanctuary - the rare Jack Snipe

Jack Snipe

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 as it travels from Siberia

Siberia

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has been seen in the park.

Hogganfield Loch attracts a few non-competitive fishermen. The park, together with an 18-hole golf course, is maintained by Glasgow City Council.

Quantities of natural gas are trapped under massive folds of clay under Hogganfield Loch. On several occasions, the gas seeps through and hazes over the water surface giving an atmospheric fog, perhaps triggered from a temperature exchange, or unknown phenomenon.