Tullis Street Memorial Gardens

Tullis Street cemetery sits a few hundred yards from Bridgeton Cross.

It was closed as a burial place as long ago as May 1870, and the bodies were exhumed not long after.  In the mid 1980s, the cemetery underwent environmental improvements through the Glasgow East Area Renewal (GEAR) programme, including the construction of a footpath, landscaping and the installation of seating.

In recent years, the cemetery had not seen any ongoing investment other than routine care and maintenance, such a grass-cutting and litter clean-ups. Residents attending a public meeting with Clyde Gateway officials in mid-2008 identified the area as one they hoped some early action could be carried out, and in response we have asked a firm of environmental architects to produce some drawings of what might be possible in terms of layout, improved lighting and footpaths.

An exhibition took place over three days in early February, and this allowed local residents to let us know what they thought of the proposals.

Work started in mid-Summer 2009, and in due course the official opening was carried out, on schedule, on 22nd October by Councillor George Redmond and residents of the Carmichael Care Home in Landressy Place.

The improvements cost £315,000 and have seen the removal of fencing, the replacement of some old trees, landscaping. lighting and planting which have all made the area immediately more attractive and secure.  In addition, repairs to the boundary walls and a widened entrance have incorporated four works of art.