Let Secret Glasgow guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.
Step off the beaten track with the second edition of this fascinating Glasgow guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 170 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Glasgow guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.
Inside Secret Glasgow :
Discover a beautiful garden inside a hospital See a staircase once celebrated by Einstein View the remains of a workhouse and a Roman wall Find a lost burn See a stranded column in the Clyde and a Celtic gravestone Uncover a derelict railway platform Find the burial place of a Scot who became an American hero Puzzle over mysterious etchings on a cathedral wall
Glasgow is full of hidden treasures that many residents go past without realising their significance. This is an indispensable Secret Glasgow guide is for anyone who thought they knew the city well but would like to discover its hidden face.
Glasgow West
FOSSIL GROVE 14
RISE SCULPTURE 16
WESTER SPIRIT CO. RUM DISTILLERY 18
WEST OF SCOTLAND CRICKET CLUB 20
RELICS OF CROW ROAD RAILWAY STATION 22
SARACEN FOUNTAIN 24
GARTNAVEL HOSPITAL GARDEN 26
BINGHAMS POND 28
CR INSCRIPTION 30
NORTH KELVIN MEADOW AND THE CHILDRENS WOOD 32
THE SIXTY STEPS 34
POETRY POST BOX 36
NORTH WOODSIDE FLINT MILL 38
GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS LOST STATIONS 40
WINDOWS IN THE WEST TENEMENT 42
TRAM ROSETTES 44
PANELLING AT THE UNIVERSITY CAFÉ 46
QUAKER BURIAL GROUND IN PARTICK 48
MASONIC LODGE 50
LION AND UNICORN STAIRCASE 52
THREE SQUARES GYRATORY SCULPTURE 54
BLACKSTONE CHAIR AT THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM 56
EARSDEN SHARK 58
SUFFRAGETTE OAK 60
PEARCE LODGE 62
THE C AND R MONOGRAM 64
GARGOYLES AT ST MARYS EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL 66
BURNBANK BOWLING CLUB 68
ACROBATIC EQUIPMENT AT THE ARLINGTON BATHS 70
WOODLANDS COMMUNITY GARDEN 72
THE ARLINGTON BAR 74
CHARING CROSS MANSIONS CLOCK 75
ANDERSTON LIBRARY SIGN 76
CAMERON MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN 78
RENNIE MACKINTOSH STATUE 80
THE BACK GARDEN 82
THE HIDDEN LANE 84
THE ARGYLE TREE 86
FORMER MASONIC BUILDING 88
CLYDESIDE DISTILLERY 90
Glasgow Centre
SHADOWGRAPHY IN COWCADDENS 92
MUSEUM OF PIPING 94
GLASWEGIAN BLACK MADONNA 96
GARNETHILL URBAN PARK AND MOSAIC MURAL 98
GARNETHILL VIEWPOINT 100
TITANIC MEMORIAL AT SCOTTISH OPERAS HQ 102
THE ELF SCULPTURE 104
COLUMNS OF THE CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 106
MACKINTOSH FRIEZE AT THE GLASGOW ART CLUB 108
CHOOKIE BURDIES 110
JAMES THOMSONS FACE 112
FORMER MASONIC TEMPLE 114
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 116
THE STATUES AT NO. 64 WATERLOO STREET 118
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE SIGNAGE 120
GREEK INSCRIPTIONS ON THE FORMER ARROLS BRIDGE 122
BLOCKADE RUNNERS TO SPAIN MEMORIAL 124
VINTAGE OTIS LIFT 126
REMAINS OF GRAHAMSTON 128
THE DAILY RECORD BUILDING 130
LIBRARY OF ROYAL FACULTY OF PROCURATORS IN GLASGOW 132
HOMELESS JESUS SCULPTURE 134
HEAD OF A CHINESE MAN WITH A PIGTAIL 138
GLASGOWS REPURPOSED POLICE BOXES 140
VESTIGES OF THE 1ST-CLASS WAITING ROOM FOR ANCHOR
LINE PASSENGERS 142
NELSON MANDELA BUST 144
GLASGOW CITY CHAMBERS 146
THE TRADES HALL 148
THE FOULIS STONE 150
GREYFRIARS GARDEN 152
REMAINS OF THE ROTTENROW 154
CALLANISH SCULPTURE 156
CATHEDRAL HOUSE HOTEL 158
HEADSTONE OF MARY HILL 160
CARVINGS ON THE CATHEDRAL WALL 162
MONUMENT TO THE BATTLE OF TELL EL KEBIR 164
GYPSY QUEEN MEMORIAL 166
GRAVESTONE OF ALEXANDER MCCALL 168
CHARING CROSS MANSIONS CLOCK 170
DUKE STREET PRISON WALL 172
MOLENDINAR BURN 174
HIELAN JESSIE PUB 176
THE PIPE FACTORY 178
ARCHWAY OF ST ANDREWS LANE 180
DOUGLAS GORDONS EMPIRE SIGN 182
CHERUB/SKULL AT TRON THEATRE 184
BRITANNIA PANOPTICON 186
ARANDORA STAR MEMORIAL 188
Glasgow South
LITERARY FACES 194
FORMER GOVAN POLICE STATION 196
GOVAN CAT SCULPTURE 198
THE GOVAN STONES 200
FAIRFIELD HERITAGE CENTRE 202
GOVAN COAT OF ARMS 204
RELICS OF GOVANS PAST 206
GOVAN GRAVING DOCKS 208
WHISKY CASKS OF THE OLD TOLL BAR 210
GLASGOW CLIMBING CENTRE 212
HISTORIC MILESTONE 214
THE MASONIC SYMBOLS OF POLLOKSHIELDS BURGH HALL 216
FORMER MILLAR & LANG ART PUBLISHERS OFFICES 218
GLASGOW GURDWARAS 220
THE HIDDEN GARDENS 222
QUEENS PARK GOVANHILL CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS 224
CATHKIN PARKS EMPTY FOOTBALL TERRACES 226
SOUTHERN NECROPOLIS 228
GORBALS BOYS SCULPTURE 230
TOOLS OF THE TRADE IN THE GORBALS ROSE GARDEN 232
CALTON BURIAL GROUND 234
GLASGOW WOMENS LIBRARY 236
RUTHERGLEN BOUNDARY STONES 238
Glasgow - To the West and South
POSSIL MARSH NATURE RESERVE 242
RELICS OF ANTONINE WALL 244
CLYDEBANK MUSEUM 248
INCHINNAN PARISH CHURCH GRAVESTONES 252
ST CONVALS STONE AND THE ARGYLL STONE 254
LUMA TOWER 256
HORATIOS GARDEN 258
CROOKSTON CASTLE 260
GLASGOW MUSEUM RESOURCE CENTRE 262
ARTHURLIE CROSS 264
THE SECRET WATERFALL OF ROUKEN GLEN PARK 266
ROUND TOLL 268
JOHN MACLEAN MEMORIAL 270
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS MEMORIAL 272
Glasgow - To the North and East
WALLACES WELL 276
POSSIBLE RENNIE MACKINTOSH HOUSES 278
SPRINGBURN WINTER GARDENS 280
BALGRAY TOWER 282
BAS-RELIEF OF A LOCOMOTIVE 284
THE GROOVE MARKS OF MONKLAND CANAL 286
DENNISTOUN MILESTONE SCULPTURE 288
BUFFALO BILL STATUE 290
FRANCIS KELLYS GRAVE 292
GARTLOCH HOSPITAL 294
THE GROOVE MARKS OF MONKLAND CANAL 296
Stephen Millar was born and brought up in Glasgowand now splits his time between there and Edinburgh. He has long had an interest in urban exploration and takes walking groups around Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London. His articles and photographs have appeared in iNews, The Scotsman, The Herald on Sunday, Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh Live, and The Daily Record. Stephen has spoken about his book Tribes of Glasgow at Glasgows Aye Write! Book Festival.
Gillian Loney is a journalist, columnist and editor of Glasgow Live, the citys biggest news website. She has spent a decade covering culture, whats on and breaking news, and specialises in writing about Glasgows growing food and drink scene - which means shes always on hand to recommend local restaurants. Her work has also featured in the Daily Record, The Scotsman, the Daily Mirror, the Wow247 website and more. Secret Glasgow, her first book, marks a new chapter for her.
