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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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A mini guide to
The Southside
The Burrell Collection, big parks, Mackintosh and Thomson buildings and Scotland's national stadium
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1 / 9Welcome to the area
The Burrell Collection, big parks, Mackintosh and Thomson buildings and Scotland's national stadium
The Burrell Collection, housing the art collection of Sir William Burrell and Constance, Lady Burrell, reopened on Mar 29, 2022 after a major refurbishment and was named Art Fund Museum of the Year in 2023. It stands in Pollok Country Park, a 146-hectare country park that is the largest in the city. Bellahouston Park, with the House for an Art Lover, and Queen's Park, which has a Battle of Langside memorial nearby, are the other main green spaces.
The Southside also holds the architecture of two Glasgow figures: Scotland Street School Museum, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Holmwood House, the villa by Alexander "Greek" Thomson. Hampden Park, the national soccer stadium, houses the Scottish Football Museum. In the Gorbals, the Citizens Theatre reopened in August 2025 after seven years of rebuilding.
Highlights
Start here
If you only have a few hours, these are good places to begin.
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 center.
Monument
Battlefield Monument, Langside
Memorial at Langside to the battle of May 13, 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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Find your way
On the map
The map shows The Southside and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
Insider tips
Before you go
1
Plan around the distances
The main sights lie several kilometers apart. Use the Subway for Scotland Street, Bridge Street and Ibrox, and check First Bus or ScotRail for the parks and the Burrell.
2
Check the Burrell
The museum's own site describes its galleries and displays; check it for opening times and booking before you travel.
3
Check Pollok House first
Wikipedia lists Pollok House, in the country park, as currently closed to the public. Confirm with Glasgow City Council before you plan a visit around it.
4
See the Mackintosh school
Scotland Street School Museum is beside Shields Road subway station and tells the story of school education.
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Open the mini guide →Photo credits
- 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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