Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 5.5 km
Ascend 92 m
Descend 133 m

Explore Glasgow in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in GlasgowIndividual Sights in Glasgow

Sight 1: McLellan Galleries

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The McLellan Galleries are a major exhibition space in the city of Glasgow, Scotland, situated behind a frontage of shops and offices in Sauchiehall Street.

Wikipedia: McLellan Galleries (EN)

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Centre for Contemporary Arts

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Centre for Contemporary ArtsSam Saunders from Bristol / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is an arts centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Its programme includes contemporary art exhibitions, cinema, live music, book launches, festivals, spoken word and performance. The CCA also commissions new work from artists.

Wikipedia: Centre for Contemporary Arts (EN), Website

407 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: The King's Theatre

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The King's Theatre is located in Glasgow, Scotland. It was built for Howard & Wyndham Ltd under its chairman Baillie Michael Simons as a sister theatre of their Theatre Royal in the city and was designed by Frank Matcham, opening in 1904. The theatre is primarily a receiving house for touring musicals, dance, comedy and circus-type performances. The theatre also provides a prominent stage for local amateur productions. The King's Theatre also stages an annual pantomime, produced by First Family Entertainment. The theatre is currently operated by the Ambassador Theatre Group, under a lease from Glasgow City Council who own the building.

Wikipedia: King's Theatre, Glasgow (EN)

538 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: The Tenement House

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The Tenement House No machine-readable author provided. Twid assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Tenement House is a historic house museum in Glasgow, owned and operated by the National Trust for Scotland.

Wikipedia: Tenement House (Glasgow) (EN)

1501 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 5: Kelvingrove Park

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Kelvingrove Park is a public park located on the River Kelvin in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, containing the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

Wikipedia: Kelvingrove Park (EN)

535 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and MuseumHerbert Frank from Wien (Vienna), AT / CC BY 2.0

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. The building is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city, adjacent to Argyle Street. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland's most popular museums and free visitor attractions.

Wikipedia: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (EN), Website

326 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Kelvin Hall

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The Kelvin Hall, located on Argyle Street in Glasgow, Scotland, is one of the largest exhibition centres in Britain and now a mixed-use arts and sports venue that opened as an exhibition venue in 1927. It has also been used as a concert hall, home to the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena to 2014, and from 1988 to 2010, Glasgow's Museum of Transport. As part of the economic redevelopment of Greater Glasgow promoted by the Scottish Development Agency and local authorities to enhance the city's tourist infrastructure and to attract further national and international conferences, the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre was designed as the Hall's successor for exhibitions and entertainments, built in 1983 and opened on the nearby Queen's Dock in 1985 with an exhibition area equal in size to the Kelvin Hall but with the benefit of extensive car parks and land for other complementary buildings. The Hall is protected as a category B listed building, and is served by city bus services and by Kelvinhall subway station.

Wikipedia: Kelvin Hall (EN), Website

1109 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 8: Glenlee

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Glenlee

Glenlee is a steel-hulled three-masted barque, built as a cargo ship at Port Glasgow under that name in 1896 for Glasgow owners. With later owners she was named Islamount and Clarastella. From 1922 she was the sail training ship Galatea in the Spanish Navy. Since 1993, carrying her original name, Glenlee has been a museum ship at the Riverside Museum on Pointhouse Quay, Glasgow, known as The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour.

Wikipedia: Glenlee (ship) (EN), Website

574 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Govan & Linthouse Parish Church

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New Govan Parish Church, presently named Govan & Linthouse Parish Church, is a 19th-century church building located in the Govan area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of three church buildings of the Parish of Govan & Linthouse, however, it is considered as the main Parish church.

Wikipedia: New Govan Parish Church (EN)

346 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Govan Old Parish Church

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Govan Old Parish Church is the name of the original parish church serving Govan in Glasgow from the 5th or 6th century AD until 2007. In that year, the Church of Scotland united the two Govan congregations with Linthouse and established the parish church at Govan Cross, making Govan Old redundant.

Wikipedia: Govan Old Parish Church (EN)

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