Welcome to Yorker in Glasgow

Yoker is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic Iochdar meaning a low lying place; the name was attested for the first time in 1507,  number of place-names in the area which suggest the use of the Gaelic language in the Clyde valley north of Glasgow (c/f Dalmuir, Drumchapel, Drumry, Duntocher, Scotstoun, etc).

Yoker motor vehicles and tramcars were also manufactured in Yoker, which is now an operations centre for the North Clyde Line, part of Glasgow’s suburban rail network, the largest suburban rail network outside London.

Yoker 2006, there has been substantial investment in building residential property in the Yoker area; this is most likely due to the popularity of property in the banks of the Clyde.