Welcome to Barmulloch

Barmulloch (Barr a' Mhullaich in Gaelic) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde.

Barmulloch Schools

St Catherines and Barmulloch

All Saints Secondary RC Secondary.

Barmulloch shares the Red Road complex of multi-storey flats with the neighbouring district of Balornock. One of the blocks is in Barmulloch; the other seven are in Balornock.

Barmulloch the Red Road flat complex lies in the districts of Barmulloch in the Springburn area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It consists of eight high rise blocks. Two are "slabs", much wider in cross-section than they are deep. Six are "points" — more of a traditional tower block shape. The slabs have 25 floors, the points 31, and taken together they were designed for a population of 4,700 people. At the time they were built, the flats were the tallest residential buildings in Europe. Views from the upper floors stretch to the Campsie Fells and the Erskine Bridge.

Barmulloch  designed in 1962 by architect Sam Bunton for Glasgow Corporation, the flats were constructed between 1964 and 1969. They were of unusual construction, being the only steel-framed high-rise structures in Glasgow.

From the time they were built until recent years, they were owned by the local authority.
For most of the early residents, living in the flats meant a considerable and welcome rise in their living conditions, since most had previously lived in much worse housing, often severely overcrowded, either nearby or elsewhere in the city.

 Use of asbestos

Barmulloch during the original construction, large amounts of asbestos were used as fire-proofing. Two decades later it became widely known that the use of this material caused a number of illnesses and deaths, and most or all of it was removed.