It has many traditional shops which include The Newlands Cafe. One of the Glasgow Academy preparatory schools is in Newlands, located in a blonde sandstone villa, a type of house extremely common in this area. There was previously a Glasgow Corporation Tramways depot on the site from the 1910s.[1][2][3][4]
Newlands has several churches,[1] a bowling club,[5][6] a tennis club[7] and a park which has tennis courts.[1] The Newlands fete is held annually and takes place within Newlands Park.
The district originated as farmland in Cathcart Parish (on the opposite side of the White Cart Water from Pollokshaws, which was in Eastwood Parish). The working farm buildings such as the stables, byre and dairy were situated at the "Mains of Newlands".[1] The area was incorporated into the city of Glasgow officially in 1912.[8]