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Neighbourhood
Shawlands
Southside suburb two miles south of the Clyde, known for independent restaurants and cafés and for its period terraces and tenements.
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Shawlands & Langside: things to do
Places worth your time in Shawlands & Langside
Top places
Things to do in Shawlands & Langside
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Neighbourhood
Langside
Residential district east of Shawlands, the site of the Battle of Langside in 1568.
Neighbourhood
Strathbungo
Residential area that grew up as a village along Pollokshaws Road and borders Queen's Park.
Neighbourhood
Pollokshaws
Area on the White Cart Water beside Pollok Country Park, with sandstone and modern housing.
Historic building
Pollokshaws Burgh Hall
Category A listed municipal building at the edge of Pollok Country Park, briefly the headquarters of Pollokshaws Burgh Council.
Garden
The Hidden Gardens
Sanctuary gardens in Pollokshields, described by their own site as dedicated to peace.
Cricket ground
Titwood
Home of Clydesdale Cricket Club, one of four grounds in Scotland approved by the ICC to host international matches.
Church
Queen's Park Govanhill Parish Church
Church of Scotland church of 1874-75 near Queen's Park, designed by James Thomson.
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Where the city centre meets the West End: Sauchiehall Street, Garnethill and a Victorian synagogue
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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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- Shawlands & Langside (area photo): Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Shawlands: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Langside: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Strathbungo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pollokshaws: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pollokshaws Burgh Hall: Frayedattheedges, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Hidden Gardens: John Lord from Edinburgh, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, source
- Titwood: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Queen's Park Govanhill Parish Church: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Charing Cross & Garnethill: Sonictiller, 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
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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