Key Points
- Five Glasgow streets will close this weekend for a Street Play event, allowing children to play safely outdoors.
- The closures are part of Glasgow City Council’s Street Play scheme, delivered with Glasgow Life.
- The scheme is open to residents and not-for-profit groups, including schools, community organisations and housing associations.
- Shaw Street and Langlands Road will close on 25 July from 11am to 3pm.
- Elizabeth Street will close on 25 July from 10am to 4pm.
- Courthill Avenue will close on 26 July from 10am to 4pm.
- Southpark Avenue will close on 26 July from 3pm to 6pm.
- Glasgow City Council says the closures are intended to reclaim roads as safe public play spaces.
Glasgow (Glasgow Express) July 23, 2026 – Five Glasgow streets are set to close this weekend as the city stages another round of Street Play events, with children expected to take to the roads for supervised outdoor play.
What is the Street Play scheme?
As reported by the Glasgow Times, the closures form part of Glasgow City Council’s Street Play scheme, which is delivered in partnership with Glasgow Life. The scheme allows communities to apply for free road closures so local streets can be turned into safe places for children to play.
The council says the initiative is open to residents and not-for-profit organisations such as community groups, schools and housing associations.
Which streets will close and when?
The Glasgow Times report states that Shaw Street, from Rosneath Street to Langlands Road, and Langlands Road, from Rosneath Street to Shaw Street, will close on 25 July from 11am to 3pm.
It also says Elizabeth Street, between Ibrox Street and uk/local/paisley/">Paisley Road West, will close on the same day from 10am to 4pm.
On 26 July, Courthill Avenue, from Crompton Avenue to Greenock Avenue, will close from 10am to 4pm, while Southpark Avenue, from Glasgow Street to Bower Street, will close from 3pm to 6pm. The closures are temporary and are set up to support outdoor play in residential areas.
What has the council said about Street Play?
Glasgow City Council says Street Play is designed to let communities close local roads free of charge so children can play safely close to home.
The council also says there are limits on closure hours, with the current available times listed as between 10am and 4pm. The scheme is not available for commercial use or events that require a licence.
How does this fit into Glasgow’s wider summer events?
The timing of the closures coincides with a busy summer period in Glasgow, with the Merchant City Festival due to run across the same weekend in the city centre.
That means residents and visitors may see more activity across different parts of the city at once. The Street Play closures are separate from the festival but add to the weekend’s traffic and public-space changes.
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Background of the development
Street Play is a recurring Glasgow City Council initiative that has been used in previous years to give neighbourhoods temporary access to local streets for children’s play. The council says the scheme responds to community demand for safer outdoor spaces and is run alongside Glasgow Life.
The approach reflects a wider trend in city neighbourhoods of using short-term road closures for local community use rather than through traffic.
What could this mean for local residents?
For families in the affected streets, the closures may provide a safer and more social space for children to play outdoors. For drivers, there will be short-term disruption and a need to plan around the affected roads during the stated hours. For community groups, the scheme may continue to offer a practical way to organise local activities without the cost of a full commercial road closure.
