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Museum
The Burrell Collection
Museum for the art collection of Sir William and Lady Burrell, reopened in 2022 and Museum of the Year in 2023.
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The Southside: things to do
Places worth your time in The Southside
Top places
Things to do in The Southside
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Park
Pollok Country Park
Country park of 146 hectares, the largest in Glasgow, through which the White Cart Water flows.
Park
Queen's Park
Park of 60 hectares on the south side of the city, about 2.5 miles from the centre.
Monument
Battlefield Monument, Langside
Memorial at Langside to the battle of 13 May 1568 between supporters of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her infant son James VI.
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Historic house
Holmwood House
Villa by Alexander "Greek" Thomson in Cathcart, a Category A listed building owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
Museum
Scotland Street School Museum
Museum of school education in a school designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh between 1903 and 1906.
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Cultural centre
House for an Art Lover
Arts and cultural centre built 1989-96 from a 1901 design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald.
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Park
Bellahouston Park
Public park of 71 hectares on the South Side, opened to the public in 1896.
Stadium
Hampden Park
Scotland's national football stadium, home of the national team and regular host of Scottish Cup semi-finals and finals.
Museum
Scottish Football Museum
The national museum of association football, located in Hampden Park.
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Theatre
Citizens Theatre
Producing theatre in the Gorbals, known locally as the Citz, reopened in August 2025 after seven years of works.
Arts venue
Tramway
Contemporary visual and performing arts venue in a former tram depot in Pollokshields, with two galleries and two performance spaces.
Mosque
Glasgow Central Mosque
Sunni Deobandi mosque on the south bank of the Clyde in the Gorbals.
Cemetery
Southern Necropolis
Gorbals cemetery opened in 1840 for affordable burials; over 250,000 people are buried there.
Historic building
Pollokshields Burgh Hall
Category A listed municipal building at the edge of Maxwell Park, briefly the headquarters of Pollokshields Burgh Council.
Glasgow
More areas to explore
14 sights · 12 places to eat
Cathedral Precinct, Necropolis & Dennistoun
The medieval cathedral, the oldest house in the city, a Victorian hilltop cemetery and Dennistoun
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13 sights · 15 places to eat
Glasgow Green & the East End
The city's oldest park, a carpet factory, the Barras and Celtic Park
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10 sights · 24 places to eat
Partick & Hyndland
Dumbarton Road's pubs and restaurants, the Govan footbridge and the quieter streets of Hyndland and Dowanhill
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- The Southside (area photo): Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Burrell Collection: Gordon Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Pollok Country Park: James Valentine, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Queen's Park: Raymond McCrae, CC BY 2.0, source
- Battlefield Monument, Langside: Derek Butters, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Holmwood House: Edwardx, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Scotland Street School Museum: dalbera from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, source
- House for an Art Lover: David Mackay, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bellahouston Park: Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, Public domain, source
- Hampden Park: Dan Kearney, cropped by Blackcat, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Scottish Football Museum: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Citizens Theatre: Microchip08, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tramway: Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Glasgow Central Mosque: No machine-readable author provided. Finlay McWalter assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Southern Necropolis: AlistairMcMillan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pollokshields Burgh Hall: The original uploader was Botany Bay at English Wikipedia., CC BY 2.5, 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
- 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
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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