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Neighbourhood
Charing Cross
Road junction and area on the boundary of the city centre and the West End, where Sauchiehall Street and Woodlands Road meet.
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Things to do in Charing Cross & Garnethill
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Neighbourhood
Garnethill
Mainly residential hill north of Sauchiehall Street with a number of important public buildings.
Synagogue
Garnethill Synagogue
Orthodox synagogue completed in 1881, considered the cathedral synagogue of Scotland.
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Archive
Scottish Jewish Archives Centre
Repository of items on Jewish migration to Scotland and Jewish life in Scotland from the 18th century to today.
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Arts club
Glasgow Art Club
Artists' club in a Category A listed building, with exhibitions, events and lunchtime concerts open to the public.
Monument
Charles Cameron Memorial Fountain
Doultonware fountain of 1896 at Woodside Crescent, known for its eastward lean.
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Historic institution
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Medical royal college founded in 1599, with a heritage collection.
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Square
Blythswood Square
Georgian square on Blythswood Hill, part of a conservation area since 1970.
Street
Sauchiehall Street
One of the main shopping streets of the city centre, over 1.5 miles long, running west to Kelvingrove Park.
Neighbourhood
Woodlands
Area on the north-west edge of the city centre, between Charing Cross and Hillhead, of 19th-century terraces and tenements.
Cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral
Scottish Episcopal cathedral on Great Western Road, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott and opened in 1871; the spire was completed in 1893.
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West End & Kelvingrove
A free museum, Scotland's oldest university museum and the cobbled lanes off Byres Road
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Merchant City & City Centre
Civic squares, the shopping streets and the theatres and venues of the central grid
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Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside
Cranes, bridges and museums on the Clyde, with Finnieston's bars and restaurants behind
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- Charing Cross & Garnethill (area photo): Sonictiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Charing Cross: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Garnethill: Ian Paterson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Garnethill Synagogue: WeeHolly, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Scottish Jewish Archives Centre: WeeHolly, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glasgow Art Club: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Charles Cameron Memorial Fountain: Sonictiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Blythswood Square: dun_deagh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sauchiehall Street: Daniel Hughes, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Woodlands: Edward at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- St Mary's Cathedral: WeeHolly, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- West End & Kelvingrove: Suicasmo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Merchant City & City Centre: Michael D Beckwith, CC0, source
- Finnieston, Clydeside & the Riverside: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Southside: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cathedral Precinct, Necropolis & Dennistoun: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glasgow Green & the East End: dun_deagh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Partick & Hyndland: James Petts, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shawlands & Langside: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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