Glasgow Children's Wood saved from development

After a five year battle to save Glasgow's green space, campaigners are hoping to pave the way for new Scottish legislation

North Kelvin Meadow - or Children's Wood, as it has been renamed by campaigners - has been saved from housing developers after a hard-fought five year battle, some two decades on from when locals first sowed grass seed on the abandoned sports ground.

In contrast to the city's nearby Botanic Gardens, the three acre Children's Wood is a ramshackle affair, offering a very different kind of natural resource to local residents who have gradually transformed the meadow from a derelict site into a thriving civic space, close to the fashionable West End.