Glasgow Attractions &
Museums
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A list of the main attractions in and
around Glasgow with websites,
postcodes, images and links to maps and
reviews.
Glasgow is a large sprawling city
with many of its attractions spread
out. The City Tour
Buses depart from George
Square/Centre of Glasgow, and visit
most of the main attractions.
Glasgow also has good inexpensive
Bus and Rail services to visit other
attractions.
The RS Pages have Links to Large
Sunny Images.
The Postcode links show Directions
and give Reviews.
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George
Square
George Square (Centre of Glasgow) is
the most visited attraction in Glasgow,
laid out in 1781. The City
Chambers (seat of local government)
that gives free tours most days, was
built at the east side, and Queen
Street Train Station built in the
north-west corner. City Tour Buses
depart from here.
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Gallery of Modern
Art
In the centre of Glasgow by George
Square. This building was originally
built as a Grecian-Style Mansion for a
1700s Tobacco Merchant. In the early
1990s, it became the Gallery of Modern
Art. Tel 0141 287 3050. FREE
Admission.
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The
Lighthouse
Close to the Gallery of Modern Art on
Mitchell Lane. A Charles Rennie
Mackintosh building now used as a
centre for Design and Architecture with
a Cafe and Shop, with great views from
the top. Tel: 0141 276 5365. FREE
Admission.
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Glasgow
Cathedral
0.6 of a mile east of George Square.
Glasgow Cathedral is probably the most
impressive building in the City, built
in the 1100s. The Necropolis at the
Cathedral is also a top attraction. Tel
0141 552 6891. FREE Admission.
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St Mungo
Museum
0.6 of a mile east of George Square
next to Glasgow Cathedral. St Mungo
Museum has galleries of artefacts and
works of art that show the importance
of Religion in peoples' lives, across
the World. Tel 0141 276 1625. FREE
Admission.
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Provand's
Lordship
0.6 of a mile east of George Square
next to Glasgow Cathedral. Provand's
Lordship was built in 1471, originally
as part of a Hospital, one of only four
medieval buildings to survive in
Glasgow. Tel 0141 276 1625. FREE
Admission.
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Tennent's Lager
Brewery Tour
1 mile east of George Square on Duke
Street between Glasgow Cathedral and
The Peoples Palace. 450 years of
Brewing with a tour of the Wellpark
Brewery for displays of Branding and
Advertising over the years. Tel: 0141
202 7145.
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The People's
Palace
Just over 1 mile southeast of George
Square in Glasgow Green Park. A Social
History Museum for the story of the
people and city of Glasgow from 1750 to
the present, and a Victorian Glasshouse
with a Cafe. The Glasshouse may be
closed for some time for renovations.
Tel 0141 276 0788. FREE Admission. Tel:
0141 276 0788.
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Glasgow Science
Centre
2 miles southwest of George Square. A
purpose-built Science Centre with the
Science Mall, IMAX Cinema, and the
Glasgow
Tower for great views over the City
at 416 feet. Tel 0141 420 5000.
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The Clydeside
Distillery
Across the footbridge from the Scinece
Centre on Stobcross Road. Opened in
late 2017, producing Single Malt Scotch
Whisky with a Visitor Centre and Shop.
Tel: 0141 212 1401.
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Riverside
Museum
2.5 miles southwest of George Square.
Houses the popular Glasgow's Museum of
Transport and The Tall Ship.
This Museum is a short riverside walk
west of the Science Centre and SEC .
Also with Fast Boat Trips.
Tel 0141 287 2720. FREE Admission.
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Kelvingrove Art
Gallery & Museum
1.8 miles west. Opened in 1901 with a
great variety of Art, Artifacts and
Animals from around the World. The
Museum also has one of the top
collections of Arms and Armour, and two
room dedicated to Charles Rennie
Mackintosh. Tel 0141 276 9599. FREE
Admission.
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University of
Glasgow
2 miles northwest of George Square next
to the Kelvingrove Museum. Home to
Scotland's oldest Public Museum, and
the World's largest collection of works
by the Scottish architect Charles
Rennie Mackintosh. FREE Admission.
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Glasgow Botanic
Gardens
Just over 2 miles northwest of George
Square past the University. Built for
the Glasgow botanist Thomas Hopkirk in
1817, at the western end of Sauchiehall
Street. In 1842, the Gardens were moved
to this larger site. Tel 0141 276 1614.
FREE Admission.
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Other attractions not on the Tour
Bus route.
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St Andrew's
Cathedral Glasgow
Half of a mile south of George Square
next to the River Clyde where there is
Walking/Jogging path for miles west and
east. The Cathedral Church of Saint
Andrew is a Roman Catholic Cathedral
designed in 1814 by James Gillespie
Graham in the Neo Gothic style. FREE
Admission.
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Glasgow Police
Museum
Half of a mile east of George Square on
Bell Street. This Museum covers the
History of Glasgow Police from 1779 -
1975 with Artifacts, Stories, and
Images. Tel: 0141 552 1818.
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Royal Highland
Fusiliers Regimental Museum
1 mile northeast of George Square at
518 Sauchiehall Street. This Museum
covers the Officers and Men over 300
years in Campaigns around the World.
Tel: 0141 332 0961. FREE Admission.
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The Tenement
House
1 mile northeast of George Square at
145 Buccleuch. Museum showing what it
was like to live in Glasgow in the
early 1900s. Tel: 0141 333 0183.
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Scotland Street
School Museum
1.6 miles south of George Square at 225
Scotland Street. Museum designed by
Charles Rennie Mackintosh between
1903-1906, go to School in the
Victorian era. Tel: 0141 287 0500. FREE
Admission.
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Govan Stones
Glasgow
3 miles southwest of George Square. In
the centre of Govan, 31 pieces of early
Medieval sculptures from the 800s to
1000s. These include an ornate solid
stone sarcophagus, carved stone slabs,
and hogback stones. FREE Admission.
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Pollok
House
3 miles southwest of George Square. A
Georgian Country House showing life as
it was for the wealthy, with an Art
Collection. There are regular Buses and
Trains from the city centre. Taxi
prices from Glasgow centre are about
£15 each way. Admission Prices on
the website.
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Burrell
Collection
3 miles southwest of George Square. The
Burrell Collection is a large Art
Museum in Pollok Park, close to Pollok
House with over 8000 objects including
work by major Artists including Rodin,
Degas, and Cezanne and more. FREE
Admission.
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House for an Art
Lover
4 miles southwest of George Square. A
Country House with an Arts Centre and
Cafe, also a Dry Ski
Slope in the grounds. Tel: 0141 483
1600.
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Holmwood
House
5 miles south of Glasgow centre. This
Mansion is in the Cathcart area of
Glasgow, said to be one of the Scottish
architect Alexander ‘Greek’
Thomson’s finest works. Regular
Trains run close to the house.
Admission Prices and opening times on
the website. Tel: 0141 571 0184.
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Braehead
5 miles west, a family entertainment
with 'real' snow slopes, vast shopping
centre, bars, restaurants, cinema,
family attractions, and extreme
activities. Regular Buses run to and
from the City centre.
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Fossil
Grove
4 miles west of George Square at
Victoria Park. Museum with Fossilised
stumps and roots of eleven extinct
Lepidodendron trees, discovered in
1887. Tel 0141 287 5918. Free
Admission.
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Titan
Clydebank
7 miles west of George Square. A 150
feet high cantilever crane built in
1907. It was designed to be used in the
lifting of heavy equipment, such as
engines, during the fitting out of
battleships and ocean liners at the
John Brown & Company shipyard. It
is now a major tourist attraction with
great views from the top and Bunjee
Jumping. Getting
there . Tel: 07538 842 596.
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Scotland's Theme
Park M&Ds
12 miles southeast. 5 terrifying White
Knuckle rides, over 20 kids' rides, 18
hole Miniature Golf, Glow in the Dark
indoor bowling, a large indoor complex
including a gigantic Soft Play Area,
bars, and restaurants. Tel: 01698 333
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Glengoyne Whisky
Distillery
14 miles north of George Square. One of
the most visited distilleries in
Scotland with a number of tours from:
10am to 4pm. Shop open from: 10am -
5pm. For those that also like a hike,
the 1,400ft Dumgoyne Hill is
situated next to the distillery, with a
good trail all the way to the top. The
X10 Bus
runs from Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station
right to the Distillery. Tel 01360 550
254.
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Football Stadium Tours
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Celtic Football
Club
2.5 miles east of Glasgow centre. The
Celtic Visitor Centre is situated at
Celtic Park, one of the largest
football stadiums in Europe, the
perfect place to learn all about the
Club, from its founding in 1888.
How to get
there. Tel 0871 226 1888.
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Rangers Football
Club
3.6 miles southwest of Glasgow centre.
The Ibrox Tours allows you to
experience this World famous Stadium
with your very own all areas pass. RFC
was founded in 1872. How to get
there. Tel 0871 702 1972.
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See also Boat Trips for
more tours of Glasgow.
There are now a number of Escape
Rooms in Glasgow, Map
Links.
For attractions & mountain/hill
hiking in the area just north of
Glasgow, see the Click on
Map.
For attractions & mountain/hill
hiking in the area just south of
Glasgow, see the Click on
Map.
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