Glasgow
is a lively & cosmopolitan city with a wealth of history
and world famous architecture & design, especially the
works of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. It is a city that is renowned
for
is shopping, art collections, museums, culture and of course
fantastic nightlife. Whatever you are planning to do on your
break away, one thing is for sure - Glasgow has it all.
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Heritage
& Museums
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Gardens
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Nightlife
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General
Attractions
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Shopping
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Golf
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Theatre
& Culture
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Banton
Loch
Bank
fishing for rainbows and browns.
1 mile east of Kilsyth
Contact:
P.D. Fishing Tackle, 69 Main Street, The Village,
Cumbernauld
Tel: 01236 735527
Admission:
Day Ticket
Hillend
Reservoir
Bank
and boat fishing for browns.
Airdrie
Telephone: 01236-843611
Admission:
Day Ticket
Howwood Trout Fishery
Boat
and bank fishing for rainbows, browns, blues, brookies and golden
trout.
8 miles south west of Glasgow on the A761
Tel: 01505 702688
Admission:
Day Ticket
Loch
Lomond
Bank and boat fishing for salmon, sea trout and browns.
6 miles north of Dumbarton
Contact Loch Lomond
Angling Improvement Association
Admission:
Day Ticket. View their website for a list of contacts where day tickets
can be purchased.
Quarter
Fisheries
Bank
fishing for rainbows
Hamilton
Telephone: 01698-284309
Admission:
Day Ticket
Neilstone
Trout Fishery
Boat and bank
fishing for rainbows, browns and golden trout.
10 miles south west of Glasgow
Tel: 0141 880 7883
Admission: Day Ticket
Strathclyde Country Park
366 Hamilton Road, Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Tel: 01698 266155
Admission: Day Ticket
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Drumpellier Country Park
Townhead
Road, Coatbridge
Tel: 01236 422257
Admission: FREE
Calderglen Country Park
Strathaven Road, East Kilbride
Tel: 01355 236644
Admission: FREE
Chatelherault Country
Park
A restored museum and country park
in one.
Ferniegiar,
Hamilton
Tel: 01698 426213
Admission: FREE
Finlaystone Country Estate
Langbank,
Glasgow
Tel: 01475 540 505
Admission: Entrance Fee
Greenbank Garden
Flenders Road,
Clarkston,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 639 3281
Admission: Entrance Fee
People’s
Palace and Winter Gardens
Built in 1898 on Glasgow Green for the
benefit of the industrial working people of the East End. This
is the
place to see the story of the people and the city. This is
also home to the winter gardens.
Glasgow Green, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 271 2951
Admission: FREE
Pollok Country Park
2060 Pollokshaws Road,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 632 9299
Admission: FREE
Strathclyde
Country Park
The
park lies in 1100 acres of countryside in the valley of the
River Clyde; acres of mature woodland, rough wetland, wildlife
refuges and open parkland all surround Strathclyde Loch. M&D’s
Scotland first theme park is also based in the park.
366
Hamilton Road, Motherwell, Lanarkshire
Tel: 01698 266155
Admission:
FREE (Activities and theme park rides are charged for individually)
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Blair
Drummond Safari & Adventure
Park
Blair Drummond, Near
Stirling
Tel: 01786 841456
Admission: Entrance Fee
Braehead
Skating & Curling Rink
Kings Inch Road, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 885 4611
Admission: Entrance Fee
Celtic Football Club Visitor Centre
Celtic Park,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 551 4308
Admission: Please call for further details Edinburgh Zoo
134 Corstorphine Road,
Edinburgh
Tel:
0131 314 0300
Admission: Entrance Fee
Glasgow
Cathedral
Cathedral Square, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 552 6891
Admission: Donations Glasgow
Science Centre
Scotland’s only IMAX
theatre at the New Glasgow Science Centre offers the most powerful
film experience in the world. The Science Mall itself has hundreds
of hands-on activities for children of all ages.
50 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1EA
Tel: 0141 420 5000
Admission: Entrance Fee
Inveraray Jail
Scotland’s living 19th
century prison
Church
Square, Inveraray, PA32 8TX
Tel: 01499 302381
Admission:
Entrance Fee
Kelburn
Castle & Country Centre
The Castle dates back to
13th Century and is still lived in by the Earl of Glasgow and
his family. As well as the castle, there is the Secret Forest,
One of Scotland’s Heritage Trees, The Glen, Waterfall
Pool and Falconry Centre plus much more.
Fairlie,
By Largs, Ayrshire
Tel: 01475 568685
Admission: Entrance Fee Kelvin
Hall International Sports Arena
1443 – 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 357 2525
Admission: Entrance Fee Loch
Lomond Shores
Ben Lomond Way, Balloch, G83 8QL
Tel: 01389 722406
Admission: Entrance Fee Loudoun
Castle Theme Park
Galston, Ayrshire
Tel: 01563 822296
Admission: Entrance Fee
New
Lanark World Heritage Site
Find out how villagers lived and worked
over 200 years ago
New
Lanark, Lanarkshire
Tel: 01555 661345
Admission: Entrance Fee
Rangers
Football Club & Scottish Football Museum
National
Stadium, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 616 6100
Admission: Entrance Fee
Scotkart Indoor Karting
Western Road,
Cambuslang, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 641 0222
Admission: Entrance Fee
Scotland
Street School Museum
The school was designed by
Rennie Mackintosh between 1903 – 1906 for the School Board
of Glasgow. The school now tells the story of education in Scotland
from 1872 to the late 20th Century.
225
Scotland Street, Glasgow, G5 8QB
Tel: 0141 287 0500
Admission: FREE
Tennent Caledonian Breweries
61-63 Netherlee Road, Cathcart, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 552 6552
Admission: Guided Tours Only. Must be pre-booked.
The Museum of Transport
Popular with children of all ages, the exhibition includes cars,
caravans, carriages and carts, bicycles, buses, fire engines,
steam locomotives and trams.
1
Bunhouse Road, Glasgow, G3 8DP
Tel: 0141 287 2720
Admission: FREE The Tall Ship
Climb aboard
the Glenlee – the
only Clydebuilt windjammer still afloat in the UK
Glasgow
Harbour, Stobcross Road, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 222 2513
Admission: Entrance Fee (FREE CHILD ENTRY with every paying
adult or concession)
The Willow Tearooms
Glasgow
Willow Tea Rooms, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1904.
Here you can take tea and marvel at Mackintosh's fabulous
designs.
217 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 0521
Admission: View their website to reserve your table.
University
of Glasgow & Visitor Centre
University Avenue,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 330 5511
Admission: TBC
Vikingar
Experience the Viking adventure
first hand, as storytellers guide you through 500 years of history.
Viking history is brought to life through sight, sound and smell.
Greenock Road, Largs
Tel: 01475 689777
Admission: Entrance Fee
Glasgow
Sightseeing Tours
City
Sightseeing Glasgow
One of the best
ways to see the city of Glasgow is by one of our bright red open
top sightseeing buses. With a great view of the sights, strategically
placed bus stops and interesting commentaries that tell you all
the most fascinating facts about the destination, it truly is the
best way to see Glasgow.
153 Queen Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 204 0444
Admission: Ticket valid for 24 hours – Hop on – Hop off (Note -
discount vouchers available at the hotel)
Mercat
Walking Tours
Experience the darker
side of Glasgow on our Horror Walk or explore with us on our
Discover Glasgow Tour. Booking is essential, but is available
at short notice.
Tel: 0141 586 5378
Admission: Tour Fee
Scotland
One Day Tours
Scottish
Tours
All tours are hosted by professional
tour directors. One Day Tours include: Stirling Castle , Loch Lomond & Braveheart
Country; Loch Ness & The Highlands; Loch Lomond, Inveraray & The
Western Highlands.
6 Albert Road, Renfrew
Tel: 0141 886 8080
Admission:
Tour Fee
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Alexandra
Golf Centre (9
hole)
Sannox Gardens, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 556 1294
Admission: Green fees
Barshaw
Golf Club (18
hole)
Balgair Drive, Paisley
Tel: 0141 889 2908
Admission: Green fees
Knightswood
Golf Course (9 hole)
Lincoln Avenue,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 959 6358
Admission: Green fees
Loch
Lomond Golf Course (18
hole)
Rossdhu House,
Luss
Tel: 01436 655555
Admission: Green fees
World
of Golf (
72
bay floodlit driving range, floodlit public putting green & large
short game practice area)
Scotland’s
Premier Golf Centre
2700 Great Western Road,
Clydebank, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 944 4141
Admission: Entrance Fee
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Clyde
Muirshiel Regional Park & Castle Semple Centre
Lochlip Road, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
Tel: 01505 842882
Admission:
FREE
Chatelherault Country
Park
A restored museum and country
park in one.
Ferniegiar,
Hamilton
Tel: 01698 426213
Admission: FREE
Clydebuilt – Scottish
Maritime Museum at Braehead
The story of the River Clyde
and the contribution it has made to the development of
West Central Scotland is brought vividly to life.
Braehead,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 886 1013
Admission: Entrance Fee
Kelburn
Castle & Country Centre
The Castle dates back to
13th Century and is still lived in by the Earl of Glasgow and
his family. As well as the castle, there is the Secret Forest,
One of Scotland’s Heritage Trees, The Glen, Waterfall
Pool and Falconry Centre plus much more.
Fairlie,
By Largs, Ayrshire
Tel: 01475 568685
Admission: Entrance Fee
Fossil
Grove
Glasgow most ancient attraction.
In 1887 excavations discovered eleven fossil tree stumps providing
an insight into the world 330 million years ago.
Victoria
Park, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 287 2000
Admission: FREE
Gallery
of Modern Art (GoMA)
The GoMA is the second most
visited contemporary art gallery outside of London.
Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 229 1996
Admission: FREE
Glasgow Cathedral
Cathedral Square,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 552 6891
Admission: Donations
Glasgow
Museums Resource Centre
A new purpose-built museum storage
facility and visitor centre in the south side of Glasgow,
which houses collections from fine art to botanical specimens.
200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 276 9300
Admission: FREE
Glasgow School of Art
167 Renfrew Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 353 4526
Admission: Guided Tours Only. Please Prebook.
House
for an Art Lover
Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 353 4770
Admission: Entrance Fee
Hunterian
Art Gallery & Museum
Scotland's
first public museum opened 1807.
Glasgow
University, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 330 4221 (Museum) or 0141 330 5431 (Gallery)
Admission:
FREE
Hutchesons' Hall
158 Ingram Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 552 8391
Admission: FREE
Inveraray
Castle
Home of the Duke & Duchess of
Argyll
Inveraray. Argyll, PA32 8XE
Tel: 01499 302203
Admission: Entrance Fee
Inveraray
Jail
Scotland’s living
19th century prison
Church Square, Inveraray, PA32
8TX
Tel: 01499 302381
Admission: Entrance Fee
Kelvingrove
Art Gallery and Museum
CLOSED until early 2006 for major refurbishment.
Argyle Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 287 2699
Admission: FREE
Martyrs' School
While not a museum as such, much of this magnificent example
of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's early work is open to the public.
Parson Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 271 8301
Admission: FREE
New
Lanark World Heritage Site
Find out how villagers
lived and worked over 200 years ago
New
Lanark, Lanarkshire
Tel: 01555 661345
Admission: Entrance Fee
People’s
Palace and Winter Gardens
Built in 1898 on Glasgow
Green for the benefit of the industrial working people
of the East End. This is the place to see the story of
the people and the city. This is also home to the winter
gardens.
Glasgow Green, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 271 2951
Admission: FREE
Pollok
House
Pollok House captures the flavour
of life upstairs and downstairs in a country house around
1900.
Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1AT
Tel: 0141 616 6410
Admission: Entrance Fee – (April – October) FREE – (November – March
except for special event days)
Provand's
Lordship
This is only house to survive
from the medieval city. The museum displays life in medieval
Glasgow.
3 Castle Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 552 8819
Admission: FREE
Queen's Cross Church
870 Garscube Road,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 946 6600
Admission: Donations
Royal
Highland Fusiliers Regimental Museum
518 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 0961
Admission: FREE
Scottish
Football Museum
National
Stadium, Hampden Park, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 616 6100
Admission: Entrance Fee
Scotland
Street School Museum
The school was designed by Rennie
Mackintosh between 1903 – 1906 for the School Board of
Glasgow. The school now tells the story of education in Scotland
from 1872 to the late 20th Century.
225 Scotland Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 287 0500
Admission: FREE
St
Mungo Museum Of Religious Life And Art
A unique museum which explores
the importance of religion in people's lives across the world
and across time.
2 Castle Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 553 2557
Admission: FREE
The
Burrell Collection
In the heart of Pollok Country
Park, this building contains a unique collection of art
in a beautiful woodland setting. Sir William Burrell donated
his internationally famous collection of over 8000 works
of art to Glasgow.
Pollok
Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, G43 1AT
Tel: 0141 287 2550
Admission:
FREE
The Lighthouse
This building was designed by Charles
Rennie Mackintosh and was the
Glasgow Herald newspaper office.
Today
it is now Scotland's award winning Centre
for Architecture,
Design and the City.
11 Mitchell Lane,
Glasgow G1 3NU
Tel: 141-221-6362
Admission: Entrance Fee
The Mackintosh House
Hunterian Art Gallery,
University of Glasgow, Hillhead Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 330 5431
Admission: FREE
The McLellan Galleries
Originally opened in 1854 to house the personal collection of
Archibald McLellan.
270 Sauchiehall
Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 565 4137
Admission:
FREE
The Museum of Transport
Popular with children of all ages, the exhibition includes cars,
caravans, carriages and carts, bicycles, buses, fire engines,
steam locomotives and trams.
Bunhouse
Road, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 287 2720
Admission:
FREE
The
Tall Ship
Climb aboard the Glenlee – the
only Clydebuilt windjammer still afloat in the UK
Glasgow
Harbour, Stobcross Road, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 222 2513
Admission: Entrance Fee (FREE CHILD ENTRY with every paying adult or concession)
The
Tenement House
Take a trip back in time and see a fine example of a Victorian tenement. The
interior remains unspoilt since the first half of the 20th century.
145 Buccleuch Street, Garnethill, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 333 0183
Admission: Entrance Fee
The
Willow Tearooms
Glasgow
Willow Tea Rooms, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1904.
Here you can take tea and marvel at Mackintosh's fabulous designs.
217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 0521
Admission: View their website to reserve your table.
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Glasgow
has all the High Street stores you would expect from a Cosmopolitan
City, in addition to these you will
also find some more unusual shops. All are within walking distance
of the hotel with the exception of Antartex
Village, Braehead
Shopping, Centre, Loch
Lomond Shores and The
Barras Market.
Argyll
Arcade Shopping Mall
One
of Britain's oldest covered shopping arcades, built in 1827, which
has 32 jewellers under one roof.
30
Buchanan Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 221 6680
Argyle
Street Antartex
Village
A working sheepskin factory which
provides coats made in the traditional manner.
Lomond Industrial Estate, Alexandria
Tel: 01389 752393
Braehead
Shopping Centre
A
large under cover out of town shopping experience. Braehead can be reached by
car, bus, taxi or waterbus.
Kings Inch Road, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 885 1441
Buchanan
Galleries
Fabulous mall with over 80 High
Street Stores including John Lewis Department Store.
Buchanan Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 333 9898
Loch
Lomond Shores
Several outlets which include Jenners, Hawkshead & Loch Lomond Outdoor Clothing
Company Ltd.
Ben Lomond Way, Balloch
Tel: 01389 722406
Merchant
City
Princess Square
Home to many designer stores
48
Buchanan Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 221 0324 R
G Hardie & Co, Glasgow
Specialist Store which manufacture
bagpipes.
1 St. Mungo Street, Bishopbriggs, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 772 6600
Sauchiehall
Street
Many
great bargains can be found in the stores on Sauchiehall Street. St
Enoch Centre
The
St Enoch Centre is the largest glass structure in Europe. Stores
include Debenhams, the Disney Store, Boots, BHS.
55 St. Enoch Square, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 204 3900
The Barras Market
Historic marketplace that is sure to surprise!
Gallowgate, Glasgow
Open:
Saturday - Sunday: 10am -5pm
The
Italian Centre
Here will find many Italian designers including Versace.
7 John Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 552 6368
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Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
2 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 33 8080
Admission:
Tickets
IMAX Theatre
Glasgow Science Centre,
50 Pacific Quay,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 420 5000
Admission: Tickets
Jongleurs Comedy Club
UGC Development, Renfrew Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0870 78 70707
Admission: Tickets
Kings Theatre
297 Bath Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 240 1300
Admission: Tickets
Odean Cinema Renfield
Street
56 Renfield Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0870 5050007
Admission: Tickets
Pavilion Theatre
121 Renfield Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 1846
Admission: Tickets
SECC (live concerts)
Glasgow ,G3 8YW
Tel: 0141 248 3000
Admission: Tickets
The Citizens Theatre
119 Gorbals Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 429 0022
Admission: Tickets
Theatre Royal
282 Hope Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 3321
Admission:
Tickets
Tron Theatre
63 Trongate, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 552 4267
Admission: Tickets
UGC Cinema Renfrew Street
7 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3AB
Tel: 0870 9070789
Admission: Tickets
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Clubs
ARTA
13-19 Walls Street
Tel:
0141 552 2101
Blanket
520 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 0755 Jumpin
Jaks
292 Sauchiehall
Street, Glasgow
Tel : 0141 332 0099
The Corinthian
158 Ingram Street, Glasgow
Tel:
0141 552 1101
The
Tunnel
84 Mitchell St, Glasgow
Tel:
0141 204 1000
Tiger Tiger
The
Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, Glasgow
Tel:
0141 553 4888
Walkabout
128 Renfield Street,
Glasgow
Tel : 0141 332 8209
Bars Absolution
396-402 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 9052
All Bar One
56-72 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 229 6060
Babbity Bowster
1618 Blackfriars Street, off the High Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 552 5055
Counting
House
Saint Vincent Place,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 225 0160
Edward's Bar
West George Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 9724
Lloyds No. 1
West George Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 229 7560
The Arches
253 Argyle Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 565 1023
The
Underworld
95 Union St,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 221 5020
Walkabout
128 Renfield Street, Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 8209
Yates
Bar
431 Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow
Tel: 0141 332 3141
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