VisitScotland Glasgow iCentre — Attraction in Great Britain

The city of Glasgow is located on the banks of the River Clyde, in West Central Scotland. Renowned for its striking architecture, contemporary art spaces, fascinating museums, and home to some of the UK’s best music venues, it’s one of the most exciting cities you’ll ever come across.

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland. It is the third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within City of Glasgow Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion industry, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the empire" for much of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

In 2020, it had an estimated population as a defined locality of 632,350. More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), equating to around 33% of Scotland's population; The city has one of the highest densities of any locality in Scotland at 4,023/km2. Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement close to Glasgow Cathedral and descending to the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Scotland, and tenth largest by tonnage in Britain. Expanding from the medieval bishopric and episcopal burgh (subsequently royal burgh), and the later establishment of the University of Glasgow in the 15th century, it became a major centre of the Scottish Enlightenment in the 18th century.

Glasgow became a county in 1893, the city having previously been in the historic county of Lanarkshire, and later growing to also include settlements that were once part of Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire. It now forms the Glasgow City Council area, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and is administered by Glasgow City Council. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Glasgow's population grew rapidly, reaching a peak of 1,127,825 people in 1938 (with a higher density and within a smaller territory than in subsequent decades). The population was greatly reduced following comprehensive urban renewal projects in the 1960s which resulted in large-scale relocation of people to designated new towns, such as Cumbernauld, Livingston, East Kilbride and peripheral suburbs, followed by successive boundary changes.

Glasgow's major cultural institutions enjoy international reputations including The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Burrell Collection, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Ballet and Scottish Opera. The city was the European Capital of Culture in 1990 and is notable for its architecture, culture, media, music scene, sports clubs and transport connections. It is the fifth-most-visited city in the United Kingdom. The city is also well known in the sporting world for football, particularly for the Old...

We have recently been to Glasgow to see an ill family member for one month. We stayed mainly in Glasgow but did go to Aberdeen for 4 days. In Glasgow we stayed in Maryhill near St George Cross. On our second day there we saw this pile of rubbish on the pavement near the road outside Lloyds Pharmacy and two weeks later it was still there. On the opposite side of the street the telephone box had been vandalized and next to it was a great pile of rubbish that stayed there for more than a week. On Burnbank Road there was a small rubbish bin that was not emptied in the 4 weeks that we were there and on the Tuesday before we left some person/s dumped a large pile of rubbish and clothing there. My husband was born in Tollcross and had not been home for 54 years and was anxious to show me where he had grown up. He was ashamed at the condition of the area. The area in Altyre Street where he had grown up had been demolished. Near the corner of Altyre Street and Tollcross Rd (I have a photo if you want it) there was another lot of rubbish that was strewn up against the wall and all over the adjacent vacant lot, including a mattress. It was all so dirty that we went into town to Sauchiehall Street that was much cleaner, for our lunch. The city areas were clean. We travelled up to Stobhill and back on a number of occasions on the bus. On the return trip there is a bus stop that is absolutely disgusting. In all honesty I would not be surprised to hear Glasgow had a rat problem. The pavements round St George Square were uneven and we kept our eyes down to prevent a fall. On Burnbank Gardens (Maryhill side) and Burnbank Road the grates in the gutter to allow the water to drain away, were total blocked. This meant that parts of the pavement were under water. On Maryhill Rd up by St George Square a pole had been chopped down and about two inches of ragged steel was protruding up above the pavement level, this is almost opposite a fish shop called Marcos. We asked what the white spots on the pavements were and were told it was chewing gum. We expected to see a clean city after the Commonwealth Games, however, having said the above, the people were splendid, friendly and helpful, a real pleasure to meet. When we left we spent 4 days in Singapore. I remember Singapore in 1965 and it was the same as the suburbs I saw in Glasgow this trip. Now however, Singapore is a beautiful clean city even in the side streets where the little ethnic shops...

Not available when I called on a Friday at 16.20 although should be according to website. Too frustrating to book a holiday in the islands of Scotland as there are a number of people to work round. Hotels take details but when you go to book they're not available on that date. Car hire companies seem to be the same. What's wrong with letting me know which dates and times ARE AVAILABLE and how much it will cost at that time. Simple red for unavailable and green for available and perhaps yellow for closed even if it states open on the website . last year I spent hours trying to book a holiday on Arran. I spent hours browsing various hotels trying to compare prices, every date I put in was unavailable. But there was nothing to indicate available dates. I gave up the ghost. We all went to Italy instead. This year I am trying to book a short trip to lewis. This is not a cheap break when you consider flights, or ferries or car hire. It is very difficult to compare prices and options. Again I came up against car hire companies who ask for required dates first (great) but nothing was available on those dates. But no AVAILABLE dates were made known. This makes it very difficult to reschedule our visit. No prices were given so I don't know if it would be cheaper to take the car and go by ferry or leave the car and hire one there. Who wants to be in lewis if its pouring without a car. There appears to be nowhere to just put in a comment such as "please show me available dates with prices" . nobody seems to want to know. To top it all I thought I would suggest this to visit scotland. That also was a waste of time because there was no phone number. So I decided to call Glasgow tourist information partly because they gave a phone number on their website and partly because, according to their website they would be open. This call was simply to ask if they could put forward the suggestion of showing available dates to someone who may have a chance of changing things and make things a bit easier. But of course when I called I got the message "this service is unavailable."...