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All Trails
Take a walk around the Forth & Clyde Canal and unlock the story of Maryhill’s canal.
This mini audio tour will explore Mackintosh in Maryhill and the surrounding area, talking about Maryhill’s past, how the canal links with the industrial revolution which impacted Mackintosh’s legacy.
Southern Necropolis, the Gorbals very own City of the Dead. Final resting place of approximately 250,00 contributors to Glasgow’s rich historical legacy.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow brings you a medical heritage trail through the city centre of Glasgow.
Join Glasgow City Heritage Trust Director Niall Murphy for a tour of some of the highlights from his Moments of Beauty series, exploring the Merchant City and beyond.
A heritage trail through Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum that explores museums’ connections to slavery, colonialism and imperialism and their legacies.
Come on a tour delving in to the WWII War Memorial of Newlands South Church to find out a bit more about those who lost their lives and where and how they lived.
Enjoy this walk around the Parkhead area. Learn about its weaving and coal mining roots, and later industrialisation, characterised by the world famous Parkhead Forge. Appreciate the fine architecture
Join Sam Ellis, of Pollokshields Heritage, for a digital audio tour of Pollokshields, the original, the biggest and the best-preserved planned garden suburb in the UK.
This year, Public Health at the University of Glasgow turns 100! To celebrate, we’re exploring the Western Infirmary site to learn about the history of public health in Glasgow. Join us!
The radical history of Pollokshields revealed – writers, artists, queer poets, Maoist bank-robbers, Fenian dynamite-plotters! Visit Kenmure Street, site of a great anti-racist victory.
Red Clydeside Retrospect explores a vital aspect of Glasgow’s self-image and lets you evaluate the historical facts.
Discover the history of a landmark building and the park project inspired by it.
Your tour will journey along the historic High Street & Saltmarket thoroughfare, through past & present occupation of this historic quarter of Glasgow.
Sculpture Placement Group (SPG) invite you to take part their Sculpture Trail celebrating Govan’s rich and varied sculptural heritage.
Journey back in time, discover the dramatic story of Springburn’s rise and fall as an industrial powerhouse and locomotive manufacturer to the world through the lens of the dilapidated winter gardens.
An interactive walk exploring the architecture and geology of Glasgow’s West End, through looking, listening, and touching.
Local resident Andrew Greg takes you on a tour of these narrow leafy streets. He will describe the history of the original village, once on the edge of Victorian Glasgow’s burgeoning growth.
Join Under One Roof on a walking tour of the Southside of Glasgow, where you can learn more about maintaining tenement buildings, sustainable communities, and the latest in retrofit technology.
Take a wander and learn more about the people and businesses who made the area what it was. More than a shopping centre, the market was the beating and banter-filled heart of the Glaswegian community.
Look up in Buchanan St, we’ll show you some of the best Victorian built buildings in Britain. Throw in news offices,arcades, Victorian toilets, tearooms and Chas R. MacIntosh, quite an eclectic mix
From the Devonian to the Dear Green Place, explore how Glasgow’s built heritage was shaped by forces from pre-history on this city centre walk!
As part of Doors Open, The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis (The Friends) are delighted to offer informal and informative walking tours undertaken by our friendly and knowledgeable volunteer tour guides.
A cycling and walking trail which marks the locations of 14 of Glasgow’s potteries that exported their ware across the globe.
This map will take you on a journey through part of the city, uncovering some of the hidden transatlantic slave trade connections behind our buildings and the spaces between them.
Part of the West Boathouse project. This walk includes lots of activities, games and things to think about. The kinds of wildlife you see change depending on the time of day you visit and the season.
Hear the suppressed history of the Radical Wars of 1787-1820 and study the Monument to those martyrs who were hanged or transported.
A short walk exploring this hidden architectural gem, with its secret garden in Glasgow’s west end.
This walk explores Mackintosh’s hidden architectural projects around Glasgow’s city centre.
A heritage trail through Kelvingrove Park exploring Glasgow’s connections to slavery, colonialism, imperialism and their legacies.
Unfolding Argyle Street offers a reintroduction to the city-centre portion of one of Glasgow’s longest and most varied streets.
On our tour we will journey past some of the key cultural & civic spaces and will explore the varied housing.
The walk starts at the main Gates, from 1887 and includes the Fossil Grove, Daphne Memorial, former bandstands, Cenotaph, former Partick Curling Club Pavilion and ends at our Bio-diversity Garden.
Join us for a walking tour through the Langside of WW2 and hear the untold stories of the place, it’s people & those from Langside who experienced the conflict both at home & overseas.