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GLASGOW, EAST RENFREWSHIRE, RENFREWSHIRE, INVERCLYDE,
WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE
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| Auchentoshan Distillery | By Dalmuir | Distillery | | This Lowlands Malt Distillery rests at the foot of the Kilpatrick Hills, overlooking the famous River Clyde, once renowned as the Scottish gateway to the world. Auchentoshan, meaning 'Corner of the field', produces a delicate, smooth and light Single Malt Whisky. The subtle aroma and flavour of its spirit is achieved by the unique Triple Distillation process. A warm welcome awaits you - take a guided tour of the distillery, sample a wee dram, and browse round the gift shop which stocks our full range of Auchentoshan Lowland Single Malt Whiskies. |
| Barochan Cross | Paisley | Stone Cross | | A fine free-standing early medieval cross that formerly stood in Houston parish, west of Paisley. |
| Bothwell Castle | Uddingston | Castle | | Bothwell is Scotland’s largest and finest 13th century castle. Part of the original circular keep survives. It owes its origins to Walter of Moray, a northern aristocratic family who acquired Bothwell in 1242. He (or his son William, known as ‘the Rich’) created the mighty castle in a spectacular display of feudal pride. Their dream was never completed, probably because of the outbreak of the Wars of Independence in 1296. No matter, for what they did achieve – and what still holds us enthralled today – is the great donjon, or tower. |
| Castle Semple Collegiate Church | Howwood | Church - Chapel | | A late Gothic church, with a three-sided east end with windows of unusual style. The church is located next to Castle Semple and Barr lochs, both important for their plants and birds. |
| Centre for Contemporary Arts | Glasgow | Art Gallery | | The CCA in Glasgow presents the very best in contemporary art. An environment where everyone can encounter experimental art or just enjoy the creative atmosphere. |
| Crookston Castle | Glasgow | Castle | | The altered ruin of an unusual 15th-century castle. The property consists of a central tower with four square corner towers, set within 12th-century earthworks.
Affords excellent views of south-west Glasgow. |
| David Livingstone Centre | Blantyre | Museum | | Birthplace museum of Scotland’s greatest missionary-explorer, set in 20 acres of parkland and woodland garden. The parkland, play park, woodland garden, shop and café are all free entry to public. Admission charges apply to museum. |
| Dumbarton Castle | Dumbarton | Castle | | Dumbarton Castle guards the point where the River Leven joins the River Clyde. Its recorded history reaches back 1,500 years. At that time the place was known as Alt Clut, ‘Rock of the Clyde’. Later it became known by the Gaelic name Dun Breatann, ‘Fortress of the Britons’, from which the name Dumbarton is derived. In the Middle Ages, Dumbarton Rock became an important royal castle. When it was first built in the 1220s, the Norwegian frontier lay just 10 miles (16km) downriver, and Dumbarton served as a Border stronghold. The Battle of Largs in 1263 effectively removed the threat from Norway, but it was soon replaced by an even greater menace from England. In later centuries, the rock became a formidable garrison fortress, its defences bristling with guns. It last saw military action as recently as the Second World War. |
| Geilston Garden | Dumbarton | Garden | | The garden at Geilston was developed over 200 years ago. It is a testimony to good landscape design – with the sum of its parts being greater than the individual constituents. These parts comprise a large walled garden with a dominating 100-foot Wellingtonia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the centre of the lawn, a kitchen garden and woodland area. The Geilston Burn wends its way through the north of the estate towards the Clyde in Cardross. |
| Glasgow Cathedral | Glasgow | Cathedral - Abbey | | Glasgow Cathedral is built on the site where St Kentigern, or Mungo, the first bishop within the ancient British kingdom of Strathclyde, was thought to have been buried in AD 612. The present cathedral was built during the 13th to 15th centuries. It is the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland to have survived the 1560 Reformation virtually complete. |
| Greenbank Garden | Clarkston | Garden | | The garden of Greenbank House is an educational garden to inspire and educate visitors on how to grow a very wide range of more unusual plants which are available in the trade. |
| Hill House, The | Helensburgh | House | | The Hill House is considered to be Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s finest domestic creation. Sitting high above the Clyde, it is home to original Mackintosh furniture and interior design and also has attractive formal gardens designed recognisably in the Mackintosh style. |
| Holmwood House | Glasgow | House | | This exquisite little gem, located in the Cathcart area of Glasgow, is Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s domestic masterpiece. Conservation and decoration of the House are still underway, so there is always something new to see. |
| National Museum of Rural Life | East Kilbride | Country Life Museum | | You'll find plenty to fill your day out at the National Museum of Rural Life. We've got a 1950s working farm with dairy cows, sheep, pigs and farm workers on hand and an award-winning museum telling the story of the Scottish countryside. |
| Newark Castle | Port Glasgow | Castle | | Newark Castle is a rediscovered treasure. For too long it lurked behind the giant cranes and sheds of the Clyde’s great shipyards. Only recently has it re-emerged to take its rightful place in the townscape of Port Glasgow. Newark is a Maxwell house. A junior branch of this powerful southern Scottish family acquired the lands through marriage in 1402. They remained lords until 1694. Everything the visitor sees today is their handiwork. The name ‘new wark’ (meaning new building work) came into use in the later 15th century, when the oldest part of the present complex was built! |
| Pollok House | Glasgow | Historic House | | A Georgian Country House modernised in 1900 and displaying an internationally famous collection including paintings by Blake, Goya and El Greco. Our new ‘Art in Focus‘ panels give fascinating snippets of information about some of our most popular paintings. Vast servants' quarters showing the contrasts of life upstairs / downstairs. The Kitchen Restaurant now occupies the original kitchens of this elegant country mansion, which is set in attractive formal gardens and extensive parkland but in the heart of Glasgow. Pollok House offers extensive views of woodland, parkland, farmland and designed landscape. |
| Tenement House, The | Glasgow | House | | The Tenement House is an authentic 19th-century Glasgow tenement house and was the home, for over fifty years, of Miss Agnes Toward, an ordinary lady who kept all sorts of things others would have thrown away. |
| Weavers Cottage Museum | Kilbarchan | Weaving | | With original working looms and spinning wheels, the traditional weaver’s craft comes vividly to life. Built in 1723, the weaver’s cottage houses the last of 800 handlooms once working in the village of Kilbarchan. |
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| Antartex Village Visitor Centre | Alexandria | | Auld Kirk Museum | Kirkintilloch | | Barony Chambers Museum | Kirkintilloch | | Bearsden Bathhouse | Bearsden | | Bellahouston Park | Glasgow | | Burrell Collection, The | Glasgow | | Castle Semple Country Park | Lochwinnoch | | Celtic Football Club | Glasgow | | City Sightseeing | Glasgow | | Clyde Marine Cruises | Greenock | | Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park | Gourock | | Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park - Barnbrock Farm | Kilbarchan | | Clyde Murshiel Regional Park - Castle Semple Visitor Centre | Lockwinnoch | | Clyde Murshiel Regional Park - Muirshiel Visitor Centre | Greenock | | Clyde Valley Country Estate | Crossford | | Clydebank Museum | Clydebank | | Clydebuilt - Scottish Maritime Museum Braehead | Braehead | | Coats Observatory | Paisley | | College of Piping | Glasgow | | Collins Gallery | Glasgow | | Cornalees Bridge Visitors Centre | Greenock | | Culcreuch Castle | Glasgow | | Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank | Dumbarton | | Dumbarton Tourist Information Centre | Dumbarton | | Eastwood Butterfly Kingdom | Giffnock | | Elderslie Golf Club | Elderslie | | Finlaystone Country Estate and Doll Collection | Port Glasgow | | Fossil Grove Glasgow | Glasgow | | Gallery of Modern Art | Glasgow | | Glasgow Airport | Paisley | | Glasgow Airport Tourist Information Centre | Paisley | | Glasgow Art Gallery & Museum | Glasgow | | Glasgow Botanic Gardens | Glasgow | | Glasgow Film Theatre | Glasgow | | Glasgow Green | Glasgow | | Glasgow Necropolis | Glasgow | | Glasgow Science Centre | Govan, Glasgow | | Glasgow Tourist Information Centre | Glasgow | | Glasgow Zoopark | Uddingston | | Gourock Tourist Information Centre | Gourock | | Heatherbank Museum | Glasgow | | House for an Art Lover | Glasgow | | Hunterian Art Gallery | Glasgow | | Hutcheson's Hall | Glasgow | | Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | Glasgow | | Lighthouse | Glasgow | | Lochwinnoch Golf Club | Lochwinnoch | | McLean Museum & Art Gallery | Greenock | | McLellan Galleries | Glasgow | | Motoring Memories | Alexandria | | Museum of Scottish Life | Glasgow | | Museum of Transport | Glasgow | | Paisley Abbey | Glasgow | | Paisley Museum and Art Galleries | Paisley | | Palacerigg Country Park | Cumberbauld | | People's Palace | Glasgow | | Piping Centre | Glasgow | | Pollok Country Park | Glasgow | | Project Ability | Glasgow | | Provan Hall House | Easterhouse | | Provand's Lordship | Glasgow | | Rangers Football Club | Glasgow | | Royal Highland Fusiliers Regimental Museum | Glasgow | | RSPB Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve | Lochwinnoch | | Scotkart Indoor Kart Racing Centre | Glasgow | | Scotland Street School Museum of Education | Glasgow | | Scottish Football Museum | Glasgow | | Springburn Museum | Glasgow | | St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art | Glasgow | | Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour | Glasgow | | Taylor Bowls | Glasgow | | Tennent Caledonian Breweries | Glasgow | | University of Glasgow Visitor Centre | Glasgow | | Waterfront Leisure Centre | Greenock | | Waverley Excursions | Glasgow |
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