Nitshill

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Nitshill Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc nan Cnòthan Scots: Nitshull
Refurbished flats on Pinmore Street (2018)
Nitshill Location within Glasgow
OS grid reference	NS520605
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Glasgow
Postcode district	G53 6 / G53 7
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Glasgow South West
Scottish Parliament	Glasgow Pollok
List of places UK Scotland Glasgow 55°48′55″N 4°21′47″W / 55.815144°N 4.362925°W / 55.815144; -4.362925

Nitshill (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc nan Cnòthan)^[1] is a district on the south side of Glasgow. It is bordered by South Nitshill to the south, Darnley to the east, Crookston and Roughmussel to the north-west, Hurlet to the west and Househillwood and Priesthill to the north, with the Pollok district and the Silverburn Centre beyond. An area of open ground to the south-west of Nitshill forms the boundary between Glasgow and the town of Barrhead in East Renfrewshire.

Nitshill was originally a coal mining village;^[2] the Victoria Colliery in the area was the scene of one of Scotland's worst mining disasters on 15 March 1851, in which 61 men and boys died.