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In-person Trails
Air raid precautions, blackout regulations, shortages and rationing; take a walk down Sauchiehall Street and explore the shopping experience in Glasgow during the Second World War.
Guided by the After the Garden Festival team this walk will visit all surviving physical remains and point out key locations from the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival across the 120 acre site.
Follow in the footsteps of Mary Queen of Scots’ army at the Battle of Langside.
Discover the rich history of Bridgeton on this walk led by local historian Peter Mortimer, taking in such treasures as Greenhead Works, Templeton’s Olympia Cinema, the Umbrella at Bridgeton Cross
A guided walk round one of the West End’s lesser known suburbs with plenty of building and railway heritage to see
Experience the history of the weaving industry in this old Glasgow district. Admire the architecture of Glasgow Cross and St Andrew’s Square and witness the Barras Street Market led by Peter Mortimer
Glasgow’s development as an industrial centre, its contribution to the global carbon economy and consequences for social development are explored with an expert eye.
Discover how the rich history, once-mighty industrial heritage and dramatic natural landscape of the former village of Cathcart make it the unique and picturesque southside locality it is today.
As part of Doors Open Day 2023, join the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) for cemetery tours at Glasgow Cardonald Cemetery!
As part of Doors Open Day 2023, join the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) for a cemetery tour at Glasgow Cardonald Cemetery!
Explore the city of Glasgow with the New Glasgow Society, and find out more about untold stories about derelict buildings in the city we called home.
Ghost Signs of Glasgow walking tours showcase the fascinating stories we have unearthed behind the city’s old faded signs, and share them with you as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival.
Ghost Signs of Glasgow walking tours showcase the fascinating stories we have unearthed behind the city’s old faded signs, and share them with you as part of Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival.
This tour aims to uncover the city’s fascinating and complex food markets history, narrating stories of food and how its relationship with the people of Glasgow has changed throughout the centuries.
Come and find out all about the engineering behind Glasgow’s Forth & Clyde Canal. Take a journey through Glasgow’s history and see the canal with new eyes.
A guided walk along the Clyde and admire 12 of Glasgow’s wonderful bridges. Starting at Glasgow Green’s St Andrews Suspension Bridge, the 90 minute walk ends at Broomielaw.
Walk along the River Kelvin, a peaceful oasis in the heart of the city. Learn about the many and varied bridges which cross the river, reflecting the industrial heritage of Glasgow.
Take a walk around Bridgeton, Glasgow Green and High Street in the footsteps of Victorian journalist and poet Hugh MacDonald, who described his own “Rambles Round Glasgow” in 1854.
Take a trip back in time to meet the people, buildings, and events of the old Kinning Park and Kingston. This illustrated heritage walk highlights the fascinating history and changes in the districts.
Southern Necropolis, the Gorbals very own City of the Dead. Final resting place of approximately 250,00 contributors to Glasgow’s rich historical legacy.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hear the suppressed history of the Radical Wars of 1787-1820 and study the Monument to those martyrs who were hanged or transported.
A heritage trail through Kelvingrove Park exploring Glasgow’s connections to slavery, colonialism, imperialism and their legacies.
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.
Join us for a walking tour through Langside & hear the untold stories of the men and women of the area and their contributions to the war effort during World War 1.
Join us for a walking tour through the Newlands of WW2 and hear the untold stories of the place, it’s people & those from Newlands who experienced the conflict both at home & overseas.
More than a dozen bridges, famous buildings, beautiful statues,Gothic church,Bonnie Prince Charlie, Glw Green, Peoples Palace & Doulton Fountain-this and more, as we walk up salty/fresh-water Clyd
From St Mungo & mother St Enoch, let me lead you through Glasgow’s earliest streets , buildings, going up High St to Provands Lordship, Bishops Castle, Cathedral & Necropolis. Learn more about
3 weird running streets, Glasgow’s first theatre, a missing Shakespearan monument and orchards on Hope st. Come walk around a couple Central Glasgow blocks to discover more about old Grahamston.
Most popular the Tobacco Lords walk, outlining the early history, viewing their palatial homes and hearing how even Bonnie Prince Charlie, Mitchell Library, Tennents and Robert Burns became involved.